survivorship

  • 21survivorship — sur•vi•vor•ship [[t]sərˈvaɪ vərˌʃɪp[/t]] n. 1) the state of being a survivor 2) law the legal right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest • Etymology: 1615–25 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22Chance of survivorship — Survivorship Sur*viv or*ship, n. 1. The state of being a survivor. [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Blackstone. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23survivorship curve — a curve used in life expectancy statistics …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 24Survivorship Bias — The tendency for mutual funds with poor performance to be dropped by mutual fund companies, generally because of poor results or low asset accumulation. This phenomenon, which is widespread in the fund industry, results in an overestimation of… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 25survivorship bias — Usually pertaining to fund manager or individual investor performance. Suppose we examined the performance over the last ten years of a group of managers that exist today. This performance is biased upwards because we are only considering those… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 26survivorship account — bank account in that after the death of one account holder the full ownership is transferred to the remaining holders …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27survivorship annuity — An annuity for joint lives of two persons and for the life of the survivor. 4 Am J2d Annui § 6 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 28survivorship annuity — noun an annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it • Syn: ↑reversionary annuity • Hypernyms: ↑annuity, ↑rente * * * noun : an annuity payable to a designated person in the event he survives an insured… …

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  • 29right of survivorship — right of survivorship: the right of the survivor of owners of property held jointly to take the entire property; esp: the right of the survivor of joint tenants to sole ownership of the entire property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam …

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  • 30National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship — Founded October 26, 1986 Location 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 770, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910 Key people Ellen Stovall (Senior Health Policy Advisor) Area served United States Focus …

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