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first death

first death adjective: describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out (and then terminates) in the event that either of the lives assured die.

Adjective

first death (not comparable)

  1. Describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out (and then terminates) in the event that either of the lives assured die.
    • a joint life first death term assurance contract

Questions about first death

What does first death mean?
First death means describing a joint life insurance policy that pays out (and then terminates) in the event that either of the lives assured die.
What part of speech is first death?
First death is an adjective.

Words near first death in the dictionary

  1. First Daughter
  2. First Daughters
  3. first day
  4. first day cover
  5. first day covers
  6. first death
  7. first declension
  8. first declensions
  9. first dibs
  10. first digit
  11. first digits

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