An agreement between individuals wherein the last surviving participant inherits all of the assets from each member. Alternatively, the assets may be split evenly among each of the surviving members after a certain period of time.
To decide who would inherit our father's mansion, my brothers and I entered into a tontine. Only two of us remain.
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“Man, I was rooting this chick the other night when her olds were in the next room, and she was so loud I had to give her the tontine muffle to finish.
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Tonting!!!! Tonting!!!! Toooooontiiiiiing!!!
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Don’t be a tontini.
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