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whole-life

whole-life adjective: relating to life insurance cover that does not expire after a fixed term but rather lasts until the covered person's death.

Adjective

whole-life (not comparable)

  1. Relating to life insurance cover that does not expire after a fixed term but rather lasts until the covered person's death.
  2. Relating to the full life of an asset.
    • Under more reliable infrastructure, the strategy calls for improved reliability of existing systems, safe and rapid inspection and repair, and improved reliability, availability and whole-life costs for new assets.2020 October 21, “Network News: Rail Technical Strategy sets out Network Rail's service targets”, in Rail, page 19
  3. Relating to a prison sentence lasting for the rest of the prisoner's life.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see whole, life.

Phrases with whole-life

Questions about whole-life

What does whole-life mean?
Whole-life means relating to life insurance cover that does not expire after a fixed term but rather lasts until the covered person's death.
What part of speech is whole-life?
Whole-life is an adjective.

Words near whole-life in the dictionary

  1. whole-hogger
  2. whole-hoggers
  3. whole-hoggism
  4. whole-length
  5. whole-lengths
  6. whole-life
  7. whole-life order
  8. whole-life orders
  9. whole-meal bread
  10. whole-meal breads
  11. whole-skinned

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