| 单词 | pre-need | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspre-need   pre-need adj.  Brit. , U.S. originally and chiefly U.S. (euphemistic) of or relating to provision for a person's own funeral, esp. designating a funeral plan, etc., bought prior to death; (more generally) of or relating to payment for a service or facility before it is needed. ΚΠ 1945    Waterloo 		(Iowa)	 Daily Courier 5 Mar. 3/6 		(advt.)	  				Who will pay the Funeral Bill?..Ask us today for details of our pre-need plan. No obligation. 1994    Houston Chron. 		(Nexis)	 27 Jan. 2  				The Get Out of Jail Free law.., enabling California to sell ‘pre-need’ immunity from prosecution to the state's wealthy. 1998    C. Mims When we Die 		(1999)	 vi. 163  				Very successful campaigns of selling cemetery places to people before death (‘pre-need’ sales) took place in California in the 1960s. < as lemmas | 
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