viatical

Dictionary: vi·at·i·cal (vī-ăt'ĭ-kəl) pronunciation

adj.

or vi·at·ic (vī-ăt'ĭk) Of or relating to traveling, a road, or a way.
Of or relating to a contractual arrangement in which a business buys life insurance policies from terminally ill patients for a percentage of the face value: a viatical settlement.

[From Latin viāticus, relating to a journey, from via, road. See via. Sense 2, from VIATICUM.]

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Meaning #1: pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders
Pertains to noun: viatication (meaning #1)

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	Life Partners Holdings Inc
	Viatical Settlement (insurance term)

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