| 单词 | tontine |
| 例句 | She also hears from Sabine and the other hairdressers about their own tontine and its central role in their professional and domestic lives. Rosine Mbakam's Intimate Documentaries of Cameroon and the Diaspora 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Both part of a tontine, for financial and moral support, Mâ Brêh and Sabine believe in the might derived from fellowship, even more so as part of unprotected communities. Review: African expat filmmaker Rosine Mbakam reveals the strength of women through cinema 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z People have booked their tables here months in advance, entering via some kind of lottery or elaborate tontine, and here you are with this verified stranger quietly picking at your food. In the online dating jungle, unverified by Twitter doesn’t mean undesirable | Sam Diss 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Although there is no known evidence that tontines inspired murder plots, they did encourage fraud. Death pools can bring financial security for the long-lived 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z With a tontine, after all, if you live longer than everybody else, you collect more money. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Other examples of voluntary methods of financing governmental services include the bond drives of World War II, lotteries, tontines and political campaign contributions. Today's Economist: Bruce Bartlett: Republicans Champion 'Voluntary Taxes' 2012-09-25T10:00:46Z Some of the pirates now gave up their wild life and settled in matelotage at Madagascar, on the tontine principle of the longest liver inheriting all. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Joseph’s name was still over the door; it was he who still signed the cheques; but this was only policy on the part of Morris, and designed to discourage other members of the tontine. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The ‘tontine’ was conceived by an Italian named Tonti; and another Italian, Galvani, first noted the phenomena of animal electricity or ‘galvanism’; while a third Italian, ‘Volta’, gave a name to the ‘voltaic’ battery. English Past and Present Lingering legal questions need to be resolved, according to today’s tontine enthusiasts. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z "What do you suppose I am applying for—a twenty-year endowment passport or one of them tontine passports with cash surrender value after three years?" Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things Among these the most successful was the custom of receiving loans upon tontines. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 They must think me dead, and are trying to deceive the world for the chance of the tontine.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) By way of experiment, a tontine on principles stated in the report was also suggested. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Now some financial advisers and academics like Professor Milevsky hope to revive tontines, making use of current technologies and management skills to help fill a yawning gap in retirement financing. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Lotteries were drawn, tontines established, letters of nobility offered for sale at two thousand crowns each. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 The murderers of Robespierre, besides what they are entitled to by being engaged in the same tontine of infamy, are his representatives, have inherited all his murderous qualities, in addition to their own private stock. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) “O, of course it’s some rot about the tontine,” returned the other. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Too many of the financiers by profession are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Over in America, Alexander Hamilton proposed a Congressional tontine to pay off Revolutionary War debts in 1790. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z They work, I am told, with a kind of tontine—it is, in fact, a lottery. As We Are and As We May Be "Or, you may prefer the automatic tontine Policy with ball-bearings," continued the Death Angel. People You Know Suppose we start one of those tontine affairs ourselves; I to pay five hundred a year, and you to guarantee me against every misfortune except illness or marriage.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) TRANSLATOR'S NOTE: A few lines of dialogue have been added to the play explaining what a tontine is. La Tontine Works by Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson and P. G. Wodehouse all featured tontine members plotting to kill one another in hope of a big payoff. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z An institution under this title was established in the year 1779, and is now held in an elegant pile of building, erected on the tontine principle, by the subscribers, situated in Union-street. A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington Some in fashion's tontine disperse all their spleen, And others their destinies curse; But P—d's fine taste, with his Strops and his Paste, Which I'll show you in Prose and in Verse. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 He had never really expected the tontine; he had never even very definitely hoped to recover his seven thousand eight hundred pounds; he had been hurried into the whole thing by Michael’s obvious dishonesty. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) By way of experiment, a tontine, on principles stated in the report, was also suggested. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched The group’s pension section “is currently researching the mechanics and feasibility of introducing tontines into today’s market,” Mr. Hall said by email, adding that “an understanding of tontines” is pertinent for today’s actuaries. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z To demonstrate what has been advanced respecting the salubrity of the air and purity of the water, the hotel, in Temple-row, was erected in the year 1772, upon the tontine principle. A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington I eyed him sourly, as he droned on about 'reactionable endowment', 'surrender-value', and 'interest accumulating on the tontine policy', and tried, as I did so, to analyse the loathing I felt for him. The Little Nugget “I have not only not gained the tontine—I have lost the leather business!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The 'tontine' was conceived by Tonti, an Italian; another Italian, Galvani, first noted the phenomena of animal electricity or 'galvanism'; while a third, Volta, lent a title to the 'voltaic' battery. On the Study of Words He envisions 10-year tontines that he calls “Survivor Funds,” but said that squaring such a product with existing regulations would require time and effort. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The murderers of Robespierre, besides what they are entitled to by being engaged in the same tontine of infamy, are his representatives, have inherited all his murderous qualities in addition to their own private stock. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Suppose we start one of those tontine affairs ourselves; I to pay five hundred a year, and you to guarantee me against every misfortune except illness or marriage.' The Wrong Box Until he could produce legal evidence of his uncle’s death, he was a penniless outcast—and as soon as he produced it he had lost the tontine! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Ninety-seven years later another tontine, or scale of annuities, on the basis of the same expectation of life as in the previous century, was issued. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science For an investor, a tontine resembles a simple low-fee annuity, with regular lifetime payments. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z I take up Uncle Joseph’s liabilities; and if he gets the tontine, it’s to be mine; if my father gets it, it’s mine anyway, you see. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) You get the tontine—I don't grudge it you the least—and I get the leather business, which is really beginning to look up. The Wrong Box You get the tontine—I don’t grudge it you the least—and I get the leather business, which is really beginning to look up. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) “To defraud us of the tontine,” said his brother. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) “My dear Johnny, if you don’t think the tontine worth a little trouble, say so, and I’ll give the business up.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Joseph's name was still over the door; it was he who still signed the cheques; but this was only policy on the part of Morris, and designed to discourage other members of the tontine. The Wrong Box They must think me dead, and are trying to deceive the world for the chance of the tontine.' The Wrong Box “It’s not the tontine now, it’s the leather business, Johnny; it’s the clothes upon our back.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) He should lose the tontine, and with that the last hope of his seven thousand eight hundred pounds. The Wrong Box He had never really expected the tontine; he had never even very definitely hoped to recover his seven thousand eight hundred pounds; he had been hurried into the whole thing by Michael's obvious dishonesty. The Wrong Box Until he could produce legal evidence of his uncle's death, he was a penniless outcast—and as soon as he produced it he had lost the tontine! The Wrong Box |
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