- tontine, tontine insurance - a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
--1 is a kind of life insurance, life assurance
- tontine - an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant
--2 is a kind of annuity, rente