passage
transit | a journey usually by ship, the outward passage tookdays |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
| old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
| survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
| consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
declinometer
transit declinometer | an instrument for measuring magnetic declination |
drygoods
soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables
durable goods
consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
| fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
| packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
| public transit | a public transportation system for moving passengers |
rapid transit
mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
| sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
theodolite
transit | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
| transit instrument | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
| transit line | a line providing public transit |
transportation system
transportation
transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
white goods
household linen | drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth |
| white goods | large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel |
yard goods
piece goods | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
| bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
policy insurance policy
insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
| bill of goods | communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable, they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car |
canned food
canned foods
canned goods
tinned goods | food preserved by canning |
| baked goods | foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven |
produce
green goods
green groceries
garden truck | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
insurance company
insurance firm
insurer
insurance underwriter
underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
| transit zone | a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers |
insurance broker
insurance agent
general agent underwriter | an agent who sells insurance |
worldly possessions
worldly belongings
worldly goods | all the property that someone possess, he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter |
| premium insurance premium | payment for insurance |
coverage
insurance coverage | the total amount and type of insurance carried |
| insurance | promise of reimbursement in the case of loss, paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company |
automobile insurance
car insurance | insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents |
no fault insurance
no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
| business interruption insurance | insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commercial activities due to the occurrence of a peril |
| fire insurance | insurance against loss due to fire |
| group insurance | insurance that is purchased by a group (such as the employees of a company) usually at a reduced rate to individual members of the group |
| hazard insurance | insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires |
| health insurance | insurance against loss due to ill health |
hospitalization insurance
hospitalization | insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense |
| liability insurance | insurance that provides protection from claims arising from injuries or damage to other people or property |
life insurance
life assurance | insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies, in England they call life insurance life assurance |
| endowment insurance | life insurance for a specified amount which is payable to the insured person at the expiration of a certain period of time or to a designated beneficiary immediately upon the death of the insured |
| tontine tontine insurance | a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members |