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life interests

life interests is the plural of life interest.

Meaning of life interest

Noun

life interest (plural life interests)

  1. A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right.
    • Under this Will you will perceive that you take a life-interest in about half of the late Mr. Vincey's property, now invested in Consols, subject to your acceptance of the guardianship of his only son, Leo Vincey, at present an infant, aged five.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    life rent

Questions about life interests

What is life interests the plural of?
Life interests is the plural of life interest.

Words near life interests in the dictionary

  1. life insurance
  2. life insurances
  3. life insurer
  4. life insurers
  5. life interest
  6. life interests
  7. life is like a box of chocolates
  8. life is not all beer and skittles
  9. life is short
  10. life is too short
  11. life is what you make it

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