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Definition of Tontines
1. tontine [n] - See also: tontine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tontines
Literary usage of Tontines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life Insurance by Lester William Zartman (1914)
"But the enormous lapse rate and the harshness of the penalty of lapsing soon
caused the tontine policies to become unpopular and "semi-tontines" were ..."
2. The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt by John Galt (1834)
"tontines. tontines are, in finance, what the tides of the ocean are in mechanics—a
vast power which, though known, ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1847)
"ANNUITIES; LIFE INSURANCE, tontines, etc. IT is no doubt unknown to many what
astonishing and highly beneficial results can be produced, by a judicious and ..."
4. Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1816)
"tontines. Mr. Pitt moved—" That the act of the 29 Geo. 3d. cap. 41. (relative to
tontines) be read. He next moved " That the house resolve itself into a ..."
5. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine by Freeman Hunt (1847)
"Art. TL— ANNUITIES, LIFE INSURANCE, tontines, etc. IT is no doubt unknown to many
what astonishing and highly beneficial results can be produced, ..."
6. The Autobiography of John Galt by John Galt (1833)
"tontines.—Plan of emancipation for the slaves—Scheme of colonial currency.—Legislative
reform. SINCE I became acquainted with the tontine principle of ..."
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