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Lloyd's (iou)



Lloyd's noun. E19.
[from Edward Lloyd, who supplied shipping information to clients meeting in his coffee-house in London from 1688.]
An incorporated association of underwriters in London who undertake insurance (orig. marine insurance only) with individual liability.
Lloyd's List a daily publication devoted to shipping news. Lloyd's Register (of Shipping) an annual classified list of ships over a certain tonnage; the independent society which publishes this.