reversionary

1. 1.

   of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)

   “reversionary annuity”

   “reversionary interest”

   law

Questions about reversionary

What does reversionary mean?

reversionary means "of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)".

How many syllables are in reversionary?

reversionary has 6 syllables and divides as re-ver-si-o-na-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is reversionary a common word?

reversionary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.