| 单词 | whole-life |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhole-life whole-life adj. (a) Insurance designating life insurance which pays a specified amount only on the death of the person insured, and for which the premiums are usually payable each year until such time; of or relating to such insurance; (b) British designating a judicial sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole; relating to or subject to such a sentence. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [adjective] > insurance policy types tontine1790 whole-life1832 term1834 floating1839 all risks1885 third party1901 non-profit1905 knock for knock1906 stamped1913 warehouse to warehouse1922 without-profit(s)1924 with-profit(s)1924 loaded1928 unit-linked1966 no-fault1967 new-for-old1984 critical illness1986 1832 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 4 Dec. 1/1 The rates of premium for a Whole Life Policy being too high to admit of their securing a sufficiently large amount in case of death. 1895 Sat. Rev. 26 Oct. 546/1 The compound bonus..seems low by comparison with the liberal treatment accorded to whole-life insurers. 1920 E. B. Fackler Notes Life Insurance xii. 90 A man entering at the age of 25 will be given $76 of whole life insurance for 5 cents a week. 1978 Ebony Oct. 109/1 Term premiums keep going up with age and will at some point become higher than the whole life premium. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 3 Apr. 11 Despite the failure of the Home Secretary, Michael Howard, to win Cabinet backing for ‘whole life’ sentences last week, he has written to John Major with a list of 20 murderers he has decided must stay in jail until the end of their natural lives. 2013 D. Kennedy Five Days 95 I sold him a whole life policy last year, which pays out five percent above the deductible. 2013 A. Baker Life Imprisonm. iii. 32 A number of whole life prisoners have been trying to challenge their tariff in the European Court of Human Rights. < as lemmas |
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