LLOYD'S

  

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LLOYD'S

Definition: LLOYD'S

LLOYD'S

Noun

1. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.

2. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: LLOYD'S

DomainDefinition

Literature

Lloyd's An association of underwriters, for marine insurances. So called because the society removed in 1716 from Cornhill to a coffee-house in Lombard Street kept by a man named Lloyd. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: LLOYD'S

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
LLEnglishLloyd's ListN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: LLOYD'S

Synonym by domain: lloyd''s (insurance).

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Synonyms within Context: LLOYD'S

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

List

Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac;

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: LLOYD'S

English words defined with "LLOYD'S": A 1Lloyd's agents, Lloyd's list. (references)
Specialty definitions using "LLOYD'S": broking depositcoordinating agent, council of Lloyd's, custom of Lloyd'sHugh Lloyd's PulpitLloyd's associates, Lloyd's Books, Lloyd's broker, Lloyd's member, Lloyd's name, Lloyd's Roomsmember of Lloyd'ssigning slip, stamp allocated capacityvocational nameworking name. (references)

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Modern Usage: LLOYD'S

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go. (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Movie/TV Titles

Lloyd's of London (1936)

Marie Lloyd's Little Joke (1909)

Kathy Lloyd's Naughty Business (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: LLOYD'S

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lloyd's Change and Disclosure: A View of the Room (reference)

  • A Guide to the Lloyd's Marine Collection and Related Marine Sources at Guildhall Library ((Rev)) (reference)

  • Lloyd's of London: A Reputation at Risk (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: LLOYD'S

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ecuador

Citibank (U.S.), Lloyd's (U.K.), and ABN AMRO (Netherlands) have commercial banking operations in Ecuador. (references)

Barbados

The Barbados Ships registry recently became the second Ships Registry worldwide that received Lloyd's Registry Quality Assurance approval under the Quality Management System Standard ISO 9002. (references)

Trade

Singapore

As a testimony of its excellent efficiency and quality service, PSA Corporation was voted the 'Best Container Terminal' at the prestigious Lloyd's List Maritime Asia Awards 2000 for two consecutive years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LLOYD'S

"LLOYD'S" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LLOYD'S" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: LLOYD'S

Expressions using "LLOYD'S": council of Lloyd's custom of Lloyd's Lloyd's agents Lloyd's associates Lloyd's broker Lloyd's list Lloyd's member Lloyd's method Lloyd's name Lloyd's of London Lloyd's register Lloyd's Rooms Lloyd's syndicate member of Lloyd's. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: LLOYD'S

Language Translations for "LLOYD'S"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

Lloyd 的. (various references)

   

Czech

  

Spoleènost Pro Námořní Pojištìní. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Lloyd's syndikat (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd's Syndicate (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyds Register (Lloyd's Register), Lloyd's name (Lloyd's name), Lloyds metode (Lloyd's method), Lloyd's List (Lloyd's list), Lloyd's i London (Lloyd's of London), Lloyd's agent (Lloyd's Agent), Lloyd-mægler (Lloyd's broker), member of Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), custom of Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), council of Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), associerede medlemmer hos Lloyd's (Lloyd's associates). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Lloyd's-consortium (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd's Syndicate (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd's register (Lloyd's Register), Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's of London), Lloyd's Name (Lloyd's name), Lloyd's List (Lloyd's list), Lloyd's Broker (Lloyd's broker), Lloyd's Associates (Lloyd's associates), Lloyd's Agent (Lloyd's Agent), lid van Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), methode van Lloyd (Lloyd's method), gebruik van Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), De Raad van Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), Council of Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Lloyd'sin syndikaatti (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd'sin nimi (Lloyd's name), Lloyd'sin meklari (Lloyd's broker), Lloyd'sin käytäntö (custom of Lloyd's), Lloyd'sin jäsen (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), Lloyd's List (Lloyd's list), Lloyd's (Lloyd's of London), Lloydin menetelmä (Lloyd's method). (various references)

   

French

  

Lloyd's de Londres (Lloyd's of London), liste du Lloyd (Lloyd's list), usage du Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), syndicat du Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), syndicat de la Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), Registre du Lloyd (Lloyd's Register), name du Lloyd's (Lloyd's name), membres associés du Lloyd's (Lloyd's associates), membre du Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), courtier du Lloyd's (Lloyd's broker), consortium de la Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), conseil du Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), Agent du Lloyd (Lloyd's Agent). (various references)

   

German

  

Lloyd's-Syndikat (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd's Vorstand (council of Lloyd's), Lloyd's Syndikat (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyds Register (Lloyd's Register), Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's of London), Lloyd's Mitglied (Lloyd's name), Lloyd's Makler (Lloyd's broker), Lloyd's Associates (Lloyd's associates), Lloyds Agent (Lloyd's Agent), Liste der Lloyd's (Lloyd's list), Mitglied der Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), Methode von Lloyd (Lloyd's method), Gewohnheit der Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Nηογνώμονας των LLOYD'S (Lloyd's Register), κάτοικος της Μεγάλης 'ρετανίας που είναι ασφαλιστής-μέλος των Λόυδς (Lloyd's name), καθημερινή εφημερίδα των Λόυδς (Lloyd's list), έθιμο των Λόυδς (custom of Lloyd's), συνδικάτα των Λόυδς (Lloyd's syndicate), συμβούλιο των Λόυδς (council of Lloyd's), μέλος των Λόυδς (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), μέθοδος του Lloyd (Lloyd's method), άτομα που εισέρχονται στο κτίριο των Λόυδς για εργασία (Lloyd's associates), ασφαλειομεσίτης των Λόυδς (Lloyd's broker), τα Λόυδς του Λονδίνου (Lloyd's of London), ράκτωρας των LLOYD'S (Lloyd's Agent). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Londoni Lloyd Hajóbiztosító Társaság, Lloyd. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Lloyd's name (Lloyd's name), Lloyd's List (Lloyd's list), Lloyd's di Londra (Lloyd's of London), uso dei Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), sindacato dei Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), metodo di Lloyd (Lloyd's method), membro dei Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), membri associati ai Lloyd's (Lloyd's associates), comitato del Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), broker ammesso ai Lloyd's (Lloyd's broker). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oyd'sllay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

Lloyd's de Londres (Lloyd's of London), lista do Lloyd's (Lloyd's list), uso do Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), name do Lloyd's (Lloyd's name), membros associados do Lloyd's (Lloyd's associates), membro do Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), método de Lloyd (Lloyd's method), corretor do Lloyd's (Lloyd's broker), conselho do Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), consórcio da Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

lojd. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Lloyd's de Londres (Lloyd's of London), lista de Lloyd's (Lloyd's list), sindicato del Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), nombre Lloyd's (Lloyd's name), miembro del Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), método de Lloyd (Lloyd's method), costumbre de Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), corredor del Lloyd's (Lloyd's broker), consorcio de Lloyd's (Lloyd's syndicate), consejo de administración del Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's), asociados del Lloyd's (Lloyd's associates). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Lloyd's syndikat (Lloyd's syndicate), Lloyd's råd (council of Lloyd's), Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's of London), Lloyd's name (Lloyd's name), Lloyds metod (Lloyd's method), Lloyd's list (Lloyd's list), Lloyd's broker (Lloyd's broker), Lloyd's associates (Lloyd's associates), member of Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), medlem i Lloyd's (Lloyd's member, member of Lloyd's), Försäkringssammanslutningen Lloyd's (Lloyd's of London), custom of Lloyd's (custom of Lloyd's), council of Lloyd's (council of Lloyd's). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LLOYD'S

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-d-l-l-o-s-y"

-2 letters: dolls, dolly, odyls, sloyd.

-3 letters: doll, dols, odyl, olds, oldy, sold, yods.

-4 letters: dol, dos, ods, old, sly, sod, sol, soy, yod.

-5 letters: do, lo, od, os, oy, so, yo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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