Meanings
plural life insurances
- uncountableusuallyA form of insurance on the life of a person, whereby if the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).
Synonyms: life assurance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of insurance on the life of a person, whereby if the person dies then the insurance policy pays out a sum of money to the beneficiary (such as a person's family).
More synonyms by meaning
nouninsurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تَأْمِين عَلَى اَلْحَيَاة
- تَأْمِين عَلَى اَلْحَيَاة (taʔmīn ʕalā l-ḥayāh)form of insurance
Catalan assegurança de vida
- assegurança de vidaform of insurance
Chinese Mandarin 人壽保險 /人寿保险, 生命保險 /生命保险
- 人壽保險 /人寿保险 (rénshòu bǎoxiǎn)form of insurance
- 生命保險 /生命保险 (shēngmìng bǎoxiǎn)form of insurance
Czech životní pojištění
- životní pojištěníform of insurance
Danish livsforsikring
- livsforsikringform of insurance
Dutch levensverzekering
- levensverzekeringform of insurance
Estonian elukindlustus
- elukindlustusform of insurance
Finnish henkivakuutus
- henkivakuutusform of insurance
French assurance-vie
- assurance-vieform of insurance
German Lebensversicherung
- Lebensversicherungform of insurance
Greek ασφάλεια ζωής
- ασφάλεια ζωής (asfáleia zoḯs)form of insurance
Hebrew ביטוח חיים, בטחון חי
- ביטוח חייםform of insurance
- בטחון חיform of insurance
Hindi जीवन बीमा
- जीवन बीमा (jīvan bīmā)form of insurance
Hungarian életbiztosítás
- életbiztosításform of insurance
Indonesian asuransi jiwa
- asuransi jiwaform of insurance
Irish árachas saoil
- árachas saoilform of insurance
Italian assicurazione sulla vita
- assicurazione sulla vitaform of insurance
Japanese 生命保険
- 生命保険 (seimei-hoken)form of insurance
Korean 생명보험
- 생명보험 (saengmyeong boheom)form of insurance
Latvian dzīvības apdrošināšana
- dzīvības apdrošināšanaform of insurance
Malay insurans hayat
- insurans hayatform of insurance
Polish ubezpieczenie na życie
- ubezpieczenie na życieform of insurance
Portuguese seguro de vida
- seguro de vidaform of insurance
Romanian asigurare de viață
- asigurare de viațăform of insurance
Russian страхова́ние жи́зни
- страхова́ние жи́зни (straxovánije žízni)form of insurance
Spanish seguro de vida
- seguro de vidaform of insurance
Swahili bima ya maisha
- bima ya maishaform of insurance
Swedish livförsäkring
- livförsäkringform of insurance
Thai การประกันชีวิต
- การประกันชีวิต (gaan bpràgan cheewít)form of insurance
Turkish hayat sigortası
- hayat sigortasıform of insurance
Vietnamese bảo hiểm nhân thọ
- bảo hiểm nhân thọform of insurance
Yiddish לעבן פֿאַרזיכערונג
- לעבן פֿאַרזיכערונג (lebn farzikherung)form of insurance
Cite this entry
life insurance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20insurance
“life insurance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20insurance. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life insurance,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20insurance.
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