Lloyd's

[ loidz ]

noun

1. an association of independent English insurance underwriters, founded in London about 1688, originally engaged in underwriting only marine risks but now also issuing policies on almost every type of insurance.

Lloyd's

/ lɔɪdz /

noun

1. an association of London underwriters, set up in the late 17th century. Originally concerned exclusively with marine insurance and a shipping information service, it now subscribes a variety of insurance policies and publishes a daily list ( Lloyd's List ) of shipping data and news

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lloyd's¹

Named after Edward Lloyd, 17th-century owner of a London coffeehouse that was frequented by insurers against sea risk

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lloyd's¹

C17: named after Edward Lloyd (died ?1726) at whose coffee house in London the underwriters originally carried on their business

Example Sentences

Lloyd’s “Sunset Blvd.,” by contrast, blasts away with impunity to create a vastly different experience — a kinetic multimedia concert, in which Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music and Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s lyrics are freed from the procedural nature of Black and Hampton’s book.

From Los Angeles Times

Illustration is not Lloyd’s method.

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Lloyd’s idea of celebrity is of a very recent vintage.

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Lloyd’s expressionistic production doesn’t demand that Scherzinger act so much as strike poses.

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I was dazzled by Lloyd’s “Sunset Blvd.,” though never deeply moved by it.

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