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life table — ➔ table1 * * * life table UK US noun [C] (also mortality table) INSURANCE ► a list that shows how long a person of a particular age or in a particular group is expected to live, used for calculating insurance risk: »Life tables are usually… … Financial and business terms
Life insurance — The foundation of life insurance is the recognition of the value of a human life and the possibility of indemnification for the loss of that value. F. C. Oviatt, Economic place of insurance and its relation to society[1] Life insurance is a… … Wikipedia
Life table — 2003 US mortality table, Table 1, Page 1 In actuarial science, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial table) is a table which shows, for each age, what the probability is that a person of that age will die before his or her next … Wikipedia
life — That state of animals, humans, and plants or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions. The interval between birth and death. The sum of the… … Black's law dictionary
life — That state of animals, humans, and plants or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions. The interval between birth and death. The sum of the… … Black's law dictionary
Life expectancy — This article is about the measure of remaining life. For the Dean Koontz novel, see Life Expectancy (novel). For List of countries by life expectancy, see List of countries by life expectancy. Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical… … Wikipedia
life-table — The life table provides a summary, for a population or sub population, of the relationship of mortality to age, based on prevailing mortality rates. It includes, for each age x, measures such as life expectancy at age x and the probability of… … Dictionary of sociology
life expectancy — life ex·pec·tan·cy n: the average life span of an individual Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life expectancy n. The number of y … Law dictionary
Life of Jesus in the New Testament — A series of articles on Jesus Christ and Christianity Gospel harmony … Wikipedia
Life settlement — A life settlement is a financial transaction in which a life insurance policy owner possessing an unneeded or unwanted life insurance policy sells the policy (at fair market value) to a third party for more than the cash surrender value offered… … Wikipedia
