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viatical

viatical adjective: of or pertaining to a journey; viatic.

Adjective

viatical (comparative more viatical, superlative most viatical)

  1. Of or pertaining to a journey; viatic.
  2. Of or pertaining to a life insurance policy held by someone who is dying, or to the sale of such a policy.
    • For example, it recommended allowing a controversial viatical insurance industry in the province. Viatical insurance involves the discounted sale of […]2003, Richard V. Ericson, Aaron Doyle, Dean Barry, Diana Ericson, Insurance as Governance, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 149
    • Under §101(g) (2), the payment by a viatical insurance provider in exchange for the sale or assignment of a portion of the policy's death benefit is ...2008, John Richard Price, Samuel A. Donaldson, Price on Contemporary Estate Planning, CCH, →ISBN, page 23
  3. Growing by the roadside.

Forms of viatical

comparativemore viatical
superlativemost viatical

Words formed from viatical

Phrases with viatical

Questions about viatical

What does viatical mean?
Viatical means of or pertaining to a journey; viatic.
What part of speech is viatical?
Viatical is an adjective.

Words near viatical in the dictionary

  1. vias
  2. viatecture
  3. viatia
  4. viatic
  5. viatica
  6. viatical
  7. viatical settlement
  8. viatical settlements
  9. viatically
  10. viaticals
  11. Viatich

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