See Also: Life annuity(finance)
LIFE ANNUITY(law)
Life annuity(money)
Single life annuity(money)
SINGLE LIFE ANNUITY(law)
Joint life annuity(finance)
Single life annuity(finance)
Deferred nominal life annuity(finance)
Deferred nominal life annuity(money)
Annuity due(finance)

fixation (iou) and Life annuity (money)


fixation (iou)



fixation noun. LME.
[medieval Latin fixatio(n-), from fixat- pa. ppl stem of fixare: see FIX verb, -ATION.]
Science & Medicine. The action or process of fixing; spec. conversion, now esp. of nitrogen, to a non-gaseous form; immobilization of a limb, a fractured bone, a joint, or a displaced or floating organ. LME.
The quality or condition of being non-volatile or able to resist the action of fire. E17-E18.
A fixed proportion or standard. Formerly also, a fixed habitation or location. Now rare. E17.
T. Fuller Far..from Ipswich his first fixation. B. Franklin No..invariable fixation for coining can be made.
gen. The action or an act of fixing; the fact or condition of being fixed. M17.
J. Bentham The fixation of the punishment not lying within the province of the jury. Carlyle Yet it had attained no fixation or consistency.
The action or an act of concentrating the gaze directly on an object. L19.
G. F. Stout The fixation of images is not accompanied by overt movement.
Psychology. The arresting of part of the libido at an immature stage, causing an abnormal attachment to persons or things and abnormal emotional responses; loosely an obsession, concentration on one idea. (Foll. by on.) E20.
M. Hunter Publishers with fixations on stories of English boarding-school life.

Life annuity (money)


Definition: [crh] An annuity that pays a fixed amount for the lifetime of the annuitant.