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viaticals

viaticals noun: life insurance policies which are sold at a discount to the face amount, or death benefit, of people who have been medically determined to have life expectancies of less than two years.

Noun

viaticals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Life insurance policies which are sold at a discount to the face amount, or death benefit, of people who have been medically determined to have life expectancies of less than two years.

Origin of viaticals

From Latin viaticum (“provisions for a long journey”).

Questions about viaticals

What does viaticals mean?
Viaticals means life insurance policies which are sold at a discount to the face amount, or death benefit, of people who have been medically determined to have life expectancies of less than two years.
What part of speech is viaticals?
Viaticals is a noun.

Words near viaticals in the dictionary

  1. viatica
  2. viatical
  3. viatical settlement
  4. viatical settlements
  5. viatically
  6. viaticals
  7. Viatich
  8. Viatichi
  9. Viatichian
  10. Viatichians
  11. Viatichs

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