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Meaning of "tontine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TONTINE

From French, named after Lorenzo Tonti, Neapolitan banker who devised the scheme.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TONTINE

tontine  [ˈtɒntiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tontine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TONTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Tontine

A tontine /tɒntin/ is an investment plan for raising capital, devised in the 17th century and relatively widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries. It combines features of a group annuity and a lottery. Each subscriber pays an agreed sum into the fund, and thereafter receives an annuity. As members die, their shares devolve to the other participants, and so the value of each annuity increases. On the death of the last member, the scheme is wound up. In a variant, which has provided the plot device for most fictional versions, upon the death of the penultimate member the capital passes to the last survivor.

Definition of tontine in the English dictionary

The first definition of tontine in the dictionary is an annuity scheme by which several subscribers accumulate and invest a common fund out of which they receive an annuity that increases as subscribers die until the last survivor takes the whole. Other definition of tontine is the subscribers to such a scheme collectively. Tontine is also the share of each subscriber.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TONTINE


canteen
kænˈtiːn
clementine
ˈklɛmənˌtiːn
creatine
ˈkriːəˌtiːn
dentine
ˈdɛntiːn
eighteen
ˈeɪˈtiːn
fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtiːn
fourteen
ˈfɔːˈtiːn
libertine
ˈlɪbəˌtiːn
nicotine
ˈnɪkəˌtiːn
nineteen
ˌnaɪnˈtiːn
pantine
ˈpæntiːn
pentene
ˈpɛntiːn
preteen
priːˈtiːn
protein
ˈprəʊtiːn
routine
ruːˈtiːn
seventeen
ˈsɛvənˈtiːn
sixteen
ˈsɪksˈtiːn
Springsteen
ˈsprɪŋˌstiːn
teen
tiːn
thirteen
ˈθɜːˈtiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONTINE

tonsil
tonsilar
tonsilitis
tonsillar
tonsillary
tonsillectomies
tonsillectomy
tonsillitic
tonsillitis
tonsillotomies
tonsillotomy
tonsils
tonsor
tonsorial
tonsure
tonsured
tontine period
tontiner
tonus
tony

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONTINE

adamantine
amarantine
argentine
barquentine
brigantine
brilliantine
Byzantine
Constantine
diamantine
eglantine
Florentine
galantine
levantine
oil of turpentine
Palestine
serpentine
spirits of turpentine
the Argentine
Tridentine
turpentine
valentine

Synonyms and antonyms of tontine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tontine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONTINE

Find out the translation of tontine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tontine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tontine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

通天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tontine
570 millions of speakers

English

tontine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tontine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التأمين التكافلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тонтина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tontine
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঋণের বার্ষিক বৃত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tontine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tontine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tontine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tontine
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톤 티식 연금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tontine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một lối chơi hụi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tontine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाँटिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tontin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tontina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tontyny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тонтин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tontine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοντίνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tontine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tontins
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tontine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tontine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONTINE»

The term «tontine» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.887 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TONTINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tontine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONTINE»

Discover the use of tontine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tontine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Papers Relating to Tontine Insurance
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Connecticut Mutual, 2009
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Tables for 1891 to Illustrate the Advantages of Tontine ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
‎2012
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The Tontine
Bill Daniell. poised and ready to get on with the business at hand of rededicating their efforts to keeping our nation strong and healthy. As America and its military entered into a new decade, eager to move on, not dwelling on the victories or ...
Bill Daniell, 2013
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The Tontine
“He created a tontine as a base for your company!” “A what?” “A tontine.” “And that is a what?” “Uncle Reggie followed your instructions to the letter. You wanted a minimum issue of shares of stock, 25% of the issue to go to the three of you who ...
Lawrence Wagger, 2011
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The Insurance Guide and Handbook on Fire, Life, Marine, ...
Tontine is a kind of life annuity originated by Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan, who published his scheme and introduced it into France about the middle of the 17th century. The subscribers were divided into ten classes, according to their ages, ...
Cornelius Walford, Henry Clay Fish, 1868
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The Haven Tontine - A Growing Danger
Lady Adelle Bradford. Several hours had passed since their embarrassing confrontation with the Senator and his friends. “Do you think it's safe to go back in ?” Buck asked. "Sure,'" Lady answered. "They left an hour ago, didn't you hear the  ...
Lady Adelle Bradford, 2009
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Rural Finance And Credit Infrastructure In China
7DEOH 7RQWLQH FRPSDQLHV IURP WR Taiwan Tontine Company • Business started on 1st September 1946; merger of former four Japanese-funded tontine companies. • Public enterprise which territorial jurisdiction extended over the ...
‎2004
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China in the Global Economy Rural Finance and Credit ...
7DEOH 7RQWLQH FRPSDQLHV IURP WR Taiwan Tontine Company • Business started on 1st September 1946; merger of former four Japanese-funded tontine companies. • Public enterprise which territorial jurisdiction extended over the ...
OECD, 2004
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Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk ...
Tontine insurance simply attached a speculative annuity to a standard commercial life insurance policy. The idea was that the policyholder, for the defined term—five, but usually ten or as much as twenty years— forfeited his right to either a ...
Jonathan Levy, 2012
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A Financial History of the United States: From Christopher ...
Tontine Schemes A popular form of life insurance was the tontine plan, named after Lorenzo Tonti, the seventeenth-century Neapolitan financier who brought his scheme to the court of Versailles. These plans varied in their complexities, but  ...
Jerry W. Markham, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tontine is used in the context of the following news items.
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ND Air National Guard honors fallen backseaters with tontine
On Saturday, a tontine for the 119th Wing Hooligan Backseaters is being dedicated. The tontine is a cabinet and inside are glasses with the names of many of ... «WDAZ, Jul 15»
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The Tontine: A 17th Century Solution to a 21st Century Problem
The tontine is an investment scheme where each of a group of participants pays a specified sum into a fund and receives a pro rata share of the income ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
The Mortgage Professor: The tontine: A 17th century solution to a …
A tontine is an investment scheme in which each participant pays a specified sum into a fund and receives a pro rata share of the income generated by the fund. «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
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Be wary of online tontine
KUALA LUMPUR: The game of online tontine has been gaining popularity lately, nonetheless the people should exercise caution with these virtual activities to ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
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Pop-up Belgian beer bar to bring life to Merchant City's iconic …
A pop-up Belgian beer bar is to open in Merchant City's Tontine Lane this week. A loading bay will be transformed into cafe bar Heverlee at Tontine, opening the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
Eddy Eats: Cleveland Tontine, Staddlebridge, Northallerton
The new-look Tontine has a champagne and cocktail bar, as well as a new bistro. For those who want to relax with a couple more pints of Strongarm or Copper ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
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Tontines: The retirement plan of the future?
A prolific author, Milevsky's latest book examines an old financial instrument that fell from favor: tontines. In the book, Milevsky makes the case that tontines, with ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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The case for tontines: part 2
Last week in this space we looked at a Medieval risk-sharing concept called the tontine, as reprised by finance professor Moshe Milevsky in his recently ... «MoneySense, Jun 15»
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Tontine: Retirement plan of the future?
A tontine is a seemingly morbid concept that involves the pooling of investments such that those who die end up subsidizing those who keep living. And Milevsky ... «MoneySense, May 15»
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SEAFRONT: Should Tontine Street have two-way traffic?
FOLKESTONE'S regeneration plans took another step forward this week when councillors agreed that the Tontine Street plans should go out to public ... «Folkestone Herald, Mar 15»

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