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life insurance

 
 
noun [U] (UK also life assurance) INSURANCE

Definition

a system in which you make regular payments to an insurance company in exchange for a fixed amount of money which will be paid to someone you have named, usually a member of your family, when you die: For £23 a month a man aged 30 can buy a £100,000 life insurance policy. a life insurance company
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