Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tontine_insurance

1 sense of tontine insurance

Sense 1
tontine, tontine insurance -- (a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members)
       => life insurance, life assurance -- (insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies; "in England they call life insurance life assurance")