Meanings
Lloyds1
- UKabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Lloyds Banking Group, formerly known as Lloyds TSB Group.
If you prefer to deal in actual figures, as opposed to conveniently distracting speculative ones, then do recall that the British taxpayer bailed out Lloyds to the tune of around £20bn, and continues to face a massive loss on those shares.
2012 July 3, Marina Hyde, “A lesson in Olymp-o-nomics”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 May 2025 - UKabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Lloyds Bank, a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.
- UKmisconstructionMisconstruction of Lloyd's.
- A placename
Lloyds2
- pluralplural of Lloyd
Origin
Lloyds · proper noun
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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