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Definition of Tontiner

1. the receiver of an annuity [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tontiner

tonsillotome tonsillotomy tonsilotome tonsilotomy tonsils tonsils tonsor tonsorial tonsors tonsure

tonsure tonsured tonsures tonsuring tontine tontiner (current term) tontiners tontines tontine insurance tonus

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Literary usage of Tontiner

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1. David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson (1895)
"He remembers playing with the children afterward on the lawn at the back of the lawyer's house, and a battle royal that he had with a brother tontiner, ..."

2. Rural Finance And Credit Infrastructure In China by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2004)
"Firstly, on an organisational level, one would remember that traditional tontines were based on mutual confidence between each tontiner and the organiser as ..."

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