Individual Retirement Annuity

Definition of "Individual retirement annuity"

Type of individual retirement account (IRA) allowed by the employee retirement income security act of 1974 (erisa) whereby contributions in the form of premium payments are made on a fixed dollar annuity or variable dollar annuity or both.

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