| 单词 | friendly society |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfriendly society friendly society n. (also with capital initials) any of various associations providing mutual insurance schemes, typically a mutual association providing life assurance (and now usually other types of insurance), sickness benefits, and pensions.In early use frequently with the and capital initials, as the name of a fire-insurance company founded in London in 1683. The earliest example of the typical kind was the Friendly Benefit Society of Bethnal Green, founded in 1687. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society Rechabite1637 friendly society1684 provident society1771 provident club1797 benefit-society1801 benefit-club1812 burial-society1812 ménage1815 burial club1848 forestry1861 tontine1871 shepherdry1900 approved society1911 1684 (title) The Friendly Society; or, A proposal of a new way or method for securing houses from any considerable loss by fire, by way of subscription, and mutuall contribution. 1696 (title) The friendly society for widows being a proposal for..securing women from falling into poverty and distress at the death of their husbands. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5909/3 The Friendly Society (or Sheaf or Arrows) give Notice, That they assure Losses from Fire. 1819 Gentleman's Mag. 529 He placed the property of Friendly Societies under the protection of the laws. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. ix. 256 A trades-union performs the ordinary functions of a friendly society. 1911 Lancet 13 May 1320/2 There were only one or two friendly societies which at the present moment allowed any maternity benefit. 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. X. 171/1 Under the 1911 National Health Act certain registered friendly societies..were used by the Government as part of the health scheme to pay out as ‘sick benefit’ sums of money provided by the Government. 2007 C. MacFarlane Real Gorbals Story (2009) iii. 40 Some had been more far-sighted and paid threepence a week to a friendly society to guarantee medical care. < as lemmas |
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