Life insurance. Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations), is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money (the benefit) in exchange for a premium, upon the death of an insured person (often the policy holder).
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of sordid is something dirty, squalid or morally distasteful. 1  When someone is living in a filthy apartment with bugs everywhere, this is an example of living in sordid conditions. 2  A morally objectionable pornographic film is an example of a sordid film.
1 adj If you describe someone's behaviour as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest. , (disapproval) I don't want to hear the sordid details of your relationship with Sandra... 2 adj If you describe a place as sordid, you mean that it is dirty, unpleasant, or depressing. , (disapproval) (=seedy). ...the attic windows of their sordid little rooms. Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary. See also: sword, sporadic, sort, sore. Add your entry in the Collaborative Dictionary.