---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 217.2"
title: "20"
number: "217.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/217.2"
---

# §217.2. Definitions.


The following definitions are used in this part:

Applicant means a person who signs an application for an annuity or lump sum for himself or herself or for some other person.

Application refers only to a form described in [§ 217.6](/cfr/20/217.6.md).

Apply or file means to sign a form or statement that the Railroad Retirement Board accepts as an application.

Award means to process a form to make a payment. An annuity is awarded on the date the payment form is processed.

Claimant means a person who files for an annuity or lump sum for himself or herself or the person for whom an application is filed.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231d and 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.