Hyphenation of tontine

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tontine? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of tontine:

1.	A form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
2.	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

Synonyms of tontine:

noun	tontine insurance, life insurance, life assurance
noun	annuity, rente

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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