as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action his grandfather's will provided him with an annuity of $5,000 a year to be used for school expenses

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Recent Examples of annuity But recent legislation empowered employers to offer high-quality annuities as part of a 401(k) plan. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 29 May 2025 New monthly annuity amounts for most individuals will begin in July, and one-time retroactive payments are due to arrive by the end of July, according to a Railroad Retirement Board spokeswoman. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 June 2025 The annuity income won’t be indexed for inflation, so the income will lose purchasing power over time. Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 The other option was a $50,000 annuity over a 20-year period. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for annuity
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Noun
  • Despite years of federal subsidies, solar and wind cannot produce enough baseload energy to meet demand.
    Chris Talgo, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
  • These kinds of choices are all over our lives, where either our social structures, our institutions make the costs invisible or whether, in some cases, there are literal subsidies to industries that artificially decrease the prices of things.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Federal officials argue there is no law or provision in the Constitution that compels the EPA to make these grants to these groups.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
  • The grant is being accompanied by the formation of a new board to develop and oversee a reinvigorated vision that will carry the 180-year old cemetery into the future.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • There are also large numbers of hearty Springsteen fans from scores of countries who use their entire yearly allotment of vacation to follow him from show to show across the continent.
    Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
  • The legislation now moves to 20 hours of marathon debate, evenly divided between both parties, with Democrats expected to use their full allotment while Republicans plan to use only a few hours.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025

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“Annuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuity. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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