death futures
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Meaning · English
Trading life assurance policies of terminally ill people, bought by a third party as an investment.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “death futures” mean?
Trading life assurance policies of terminally ill people, bought by a third party as an investment.
Is “death futures” formal or informal?
death futures is generally slang.