Annuitant means a person who receives a retirement allowance or a disability allowance;
Joint Annuitant means the individual specified as such in the Data Pages. The Joint Annuitant must be the spouse of the Annuitant on the Contract Date.
Contingent Annuitant is the natural person who becomes the Annuitant if the Annuitant dies prior to the Income Date.
life annuity means “life annuity contract” as defined in Pension Legislation that conforms with the Act and Pension Legislation;
Surviving Spouse means the widow or widower, as the case may be, of a Deceased Participant or a Deceased Beneficiary (as applicable).
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity means an annuity which is payable for the life of the Participant's surviving spouse.
Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity for the life of a Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's Spouse which is not less than fifty percent (50%), nor more than one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's Spouse which can be purchased with the Participant's Vested interest in the Plan reduced by any outstanding loan balances pursuant to Section 7.4.
Single Life Annuity means a Participant’s Grandfathered Benefit and/or 409A Benefit, as applicable, payable as an annuity in equal monthly installments over the life of the Participant, commencing as of the Payment Date and terminating in the month in which the Participant dies, with no further payments thereafter.
Spousal equivalent means a cohabitant occupying a relationship generally equivalent to that of a spouse.
Annuity Payments The series of payments made to the Owner or any named payee after the Annuity Date under the Annuity Option selected. ANNUITY PERIOD: The period of time beginning with the Annuity Date during which Annuity Payments are made.
retirement annuity contract means a contract or scheme approved under Chapter III of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Spouse which is fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Spouse and which is the amount of benefit which can be purchased with the Participant's Vested Account Balance.
ANNUITY DATE The date on which Annuity Payments begin. The Annuity Date is shown on the Contract Schedule. ANNUITY OPTIONS: Options available for Annuity Payments.
Annuity reserve means the present value, computed upon the basis of the mortality and other tables adopted by the board, of all payments to be made on account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity, granted to a retirant as provided in this chapter.
Annuity means a stated sum payable periodically at stated times during life or during a specified or ascertainable period of time under an obligation to make the payments in return for adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth.
Unallocated annuity contract means any annuity contract or group annuity certificate which is not issued to and owned by an individual, except to the extent of any annuity benefits guaranteed to an individual by an insurer under such contract or certificate.
Designated Beneficiary means the beneficiary or beneficiaries the Participant designates, in a manner the Administrator determines, to receive amounts due or exercise the Participant’s rights if the Participant dies or becomes incapacitated. Without a Participant’s effective designation, “Designated Beneficiary” will mean the Participant’s estate.
Death Benefit means the insurance amount payable under the Certificate at death of the Insured, subject to all Certificate provisions dealing with changes in the amount of insurance and reductions or termination for age or retirement. It does not include any amount that is only payable in the event of Accidental Death.
Group Annuity Contract means a master contract providing annuities to a group of persons under a single con- tract.
Principal Funding Account Balance means, with respect to any date of determination during the Controlled Accumulation Period, the principal amount, if any, on deposit in the Principal Funding Account on such date of determination.
Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit means the benefit set forth in Article 6.
Net death benefit means the amount of the life insurance policy or certificate to be settled less any outstanding debts or liens.
de facto spouse means a person of the opposite sex to the employee who lives with the employee as the husband or wife of the employee on a bona fide domestic basis, although not legally married to that person.
Income beneficiary means a person to whom net income of a trust is or may be payable.
Social Security Retirement Age means the age used as the retirement age under Section 216(l) of the Social Security Act, applied without regard to the age increase factor and as if the early retirement age under Section 216(l)(2) of such Act were 62.
Refund anticipation loan means an extension of credit to a taxpayer that a person arranges to be repaid directly from the proceeds of the taxpayer's federal or state personal income tax refund.