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joint life

joint life adjective: describing a life insurance policy that insures two individuals' lives, payable either on a first death or last survivor basis.

Adjective

joint life (not comparable)

  1. Describing a life insurance policy that insures two individuals' lives, payable either on a first death or last survivor basis.
    • A joint life endowment assurance contract.

Noun

joint life (plural joint lives)

  1. A life assured under a joint life contract.
    • There are joint lives, male and female.

Forms of joint life

pluraljoint lives

Questions about joint life

What does joint life mean?
Joint life means describing a life insurance policy that insures two individuals' lives, payable either on a first death or last survivor basis.
What part of speech is joint life?
Joint life can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near joint life in the dictionary

  1. joint grass
  2. joint household
  3. joint households
  4. joint investigation team
  5. joint investigation teams
  6. joint life
  7. joint line
  8. joint lines
  9. joint lives
  10. joint lock
  11. joint locks

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