Definition of "reversionary" [re•ver•sion•a•ry]

• Law Of or connected with the reversion of an estate. (adjective)

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• "A good 8000£. a-year, and perhaps the title reversionary, or a still higher, would help me up with her."
• "They could and did sponsor petitions to obtain reversionary interests in their estates but the monarch's permission was necessary before the petition could be granted."
• "Similarly at Platform, borrowers are swapped onto what is called a reversionary rate, priced at a margin above base of between 1.5 per cent and 5 per cent."