Annuity

An Annuity is any continuing payment with a fixed total annual amount. Annuity may refer to:

• Annuity (finance theory): any terminating stream of fixed payments over a specified period of time
• Life annuity: a financial contract providing payments for a person's lifetime
• Annuity (US financial products)
• Annuity (European financial arrangements)
• Swiss Annuity

An annuity that has no definite end is called a perpetuity.