viatical

1. 1.

   pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders

   “viatical business”

   “viatical companies”

   “National Viatical Association”

Questions about viatical

What does viatical mean?

viatical means "pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders".

How many syllables are in viatical?

viatical has 4 syllables: vi-at-i-cal. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˌvaɪˈætɪkəl/.

Is viatical a common word?

viatical 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.