fire officen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪər ˌɒfɪs/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɔfəs/,

/ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɑfəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., office n.

Etymology: < fire n. + office n.

Now historical.

An office which issues policies for insurance against fire; a fire-insurance company.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance company (specific)

fire office1684

fire company1737

life office1799

life company1806

Re1952

1684 H. S. (title) An answer to a letter..giving an account of the two insurance-offices; The Fire-Office & Friendly-Society.

1716 London Gaz. No. 5488/8 Hand-in-Hand Fire-Office.

1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 263 All the Fire-Offices were requir'd to have a particular Eye upon the Bank of England.

1782 J. Tucker Let. 23 May in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 449 I hope that ere this reaches you that you have got the loss paid by the Fire Office.

1842 S. Smith Lett. in Wks. (1859) II. 324/1 Leave me to escape in the best way I can, as the fire-offices very kindly permit me to do.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xii. 204 Insured in some extraordinary Fire Office.

1910 Internat. Insurance Encycl. I. 63/1 Shortly before he had also been appointed United States manager for the Moscow Fire Office.

2011 Hist. Ireland 19 21/2 Initially the venture was known simply as ‘the Fire Office’; later the name ‘Phoenix’ was adopted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire office
释义	fire officen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪər ˌɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɔfəs/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌɑfəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., office n. Etymology: < fire n. + office n. Now historical. An office which issues policies for insurance against fire; a fire-insurance company. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance company (specific) fire office1684 fire company1737 life office1799 life company1806 Re1952 1684 H. S. (title) An answer to a letter..giving an account of the two insurance-offices; The Fire-Office & Friendly-Society. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5488/8 Hand-in-Hand Fire-Office. 1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 263 All the Fire-Offices were requir'd to have a particular Eye upon the Bank of England. 1782 J. Tucker Let. 23 May in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 449 I hope that ere this reaches you that you have got the loss paid by the Fire Office. 1842 S. Smith Lett. in Wks. (1859) II. 324/1 Leave me to escape in the best way I can, as the fire-offices very kindly permit me to do. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xii. 204 Insured in some extraordinary Fire Office. 1910 Internat. Insurance Encycl. I. 63/1 Shortly before he had also been appointed United States manager for the Moscow Fire Office. 2011 Hist. Ireland 19 21/2 Initially the venture was known simply as ‘the Fire Office’; later the name ‘Phoenix’ was adopted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1684
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