annuitant

American  

[uh-noo-i-tnt, uh-nyoo-] / əˈnu ɪ tnt, əˈnyu- /

noun

1. a person who receives an annuity.

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annuitant British  

/ əˈnjuːɪtənt /

noun

1. a person in receipt of or entitled to an annuity

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Etymology

Origin of annuitant

First recorded in 1710–20; annuit(y) + -ant

Example Sentences

After retiring from the Department of General Services in the 1980s, Lee worked as a retired annuitant until last year, meaning she was rehired onto the payroll as a part-time worker while drawing retirement benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

So does this annuitant have the ability to sell these payments?”

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

The real people in economic need today are not the union members, says Odiorne, but the "farm laborer, the service employee, the lower level of white-collar worker, the retired annuitant."

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the old rule, the yearly payment was taxable up to 3% of the total cost, and when the annuitant had recovered the cost taxfree, the entire payment became taxable.

From Time Magazine Archive

The retired sea-captain, the small annuitant, the broken-down family, and the capitalist, are all alike interested in the welcome.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord