| 单词 | lloyd's list |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLloyd's List Name of a London association of underwriters and agency for arranging insurance (formerly marine insurance only, but now nearly all kinds); it also issues daily shipping intelligence, as Lloyd's List (of which the occasional newspaper Lloyd's News was a precursor). Lloyd's Register (of Shipping), an independent society which surveys ships to ensure compliance with standards of strength and maintenance; its annual classified list of such ships. Also Lloyd's policy, an insurance policy underwritten by Lloyd's; so Lloyd's underwriter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > daily list of shipping data or news Lloyd's List1819 society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > regulatory authorities Trinity House1566 pilotage1811 Lloyd's Register (of Shipping)1819 Shipping Board1919 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance company (general) hand in hand1701 Lloyd's1819 Pru1927 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 Mar. (1971) 174 He won £30,000 by a bit of gambling insurance on 2 missing..ships. The ships re-appeared... He never could shew his face at Lloyds afterwards. 1829 G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) II. xxvi. 248 A more crazy and precarious mode of conveyance could not be found, even among the ships marked with the very last letter in Lloyd's list. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xviii. 313 The plate presented me by the merchants and underwriters of Lloyd's. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 195 Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, which is published yearly, is an alphabetical list of vessels ranked in different classes according to their qualifications. 1876 F. Martin (title) History of Lloyd's and of marine insurance in Great Britain. 1882 J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne I. xviii. 224 Lloyd's was then in Lombard Street, and indeed to this day, on Lloyd's policies, is stated that this policy should have the same effect as if issued in Lombard Street. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 833/2 Lloyd's... Originally a mere gathering of merchants..in a coffee~house kept by..Edward Lloyd in Tower Street, London, the earliest notice of which occurs in the London Gazette of the 18th of February 1688. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 554/2 In 1696 Edward Lloyd..started a thrice-a-week paper, Lloyd's News, which..was the precursor of the Lloyd's List of the present day. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 957/2 Lloyd's Register, as at present constituted, has existed since 1834. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 492/1 Lloyd's underwriters have shown a great deal of enterprise in accepting risks of a novel kind. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 623/2 The incorporation of Lloyd's as a chartered body on 25 May 1871. < as lemmas |
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