early 13c., originally especially of the day of a person's death, from Medieval Latin anniversarium, from Latin anniversarius (adj.) "returning annually," from annus (genitive anni) &qu [..]

Most lenders allow borrowers to make a payment on the anniversary of the mortgage. (For a mortgage assumed on June 1, a payment can be made every subsequent June 1 for the term of the mortgage.) It is applied against the principal and is a good way of reducing a loan.

remembrance of a past event, usually recognized on the day the event happened every year.

the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; know [..]

a day which is remembered each year for something special which happened once, like a wedding anniversary

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(n) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

See Policy Anniversary.

Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Anniversary day . See Anniversary. Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and new York. Origin: L. Anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. Anniversaire. Orig [..]