For example, if you name your daughter as the primary beneficiary on your life insurance policy and your son as the contingent beneficiary, your daughter receives the entire $100,000 if she is alive when you die, and your son receives nothing. If your daughter dies before you, your son receives the entire $100,000.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. n purtenance Appurtenance; pertinents; belongings; the inwards or intestines of an animal: especially applied to the pluck, or the heart, liver, and lungs. n Purtenance purâ²ten-ans that which pertains or belongs to: n Purtenance purâ²ten-ans (B.) the inwards or intestines of an animal.
Definition of QUINTESSENCE. 1. : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies. 2. : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form. 3. â quinÂ·tesÂ·senÂ·tial \Ëkwin-tÉ-Ësen(t)-shÉl\ adjective.