The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lloyd's \Lloyd's\, n.
An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.
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A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.
Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association.
Lloyd's agents, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests.
Lloyd's list, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's.
--Brande & C.Lloyd's register, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.
Usage examples of "lloyd's".
Crystal looks strong, but where Lloyd's concerned she's motivated by guilt.
I'd have to intercept Gramercy at some point and then check house numbers to see where I was in relation to Lloyd's address.
I turned off the flashlight, laid it on the passenger seat while I started the car, and backed out of Lloyd's short drive.
Having observed Fiona's house from Lloyd's loft across the lake, it didn't take much to persuade me she was still out somewhere.
I was guessing the two had been attracted by the lights and had hopped in Lloyd's car.
Its partner in harness, Lloyd's Shipping Index, gives the movements of the world's thirty thousand active merchant vessels: name of ship, owner, flag of registry, year of con-struction, tonnage, where last reported coming from, and where bound.
It was to this building that Umit Erdal telexed the shipping movements into and out of the port of Trabzon, and added a small extra for the attention of the Lloyd's Shipping Intelli-gence Unit in the same building.
Britain, as a coastal nation and whose institution, Lloyd's, was insuring both ship and cargo.
The financial losses alone sustained by Lloyd's, and through Lloyd's the British economy, if the Freya destroyed herself and the North Sea, would be disastrous, not to mention the deaths of the remain-ing twenty-nine seamen.
He was comparing the configuration shown by the Nimrod's pictures with the scale plan provided by Lloyd's and the model of the supertanker British Princess lent by British Petroleum.