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noun
The party to an insurance contract who owns the policy and thus transfers a risk to an insurer (i.e., pays the insurer to take the risk).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, insurance
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Synonyms: policyowner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: customer, client, holder
History
Etymology tree English policy Proto-Germanic *haldaną Proto-West Germanic *haldan Old English healdan Middle English holden English hold English -er English holder English policyholder From policy + holder.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
