whole-life adjective [only before noun]

(Accounting ; Insurance )

lasting until a person dies or until a product can no longer be used:

a whole-life insurance policy

(= one that pays a sum of money when the person insured dies)

◆ The software calculates the whole-life cost of a vehicle.

whole-life assurance/insurance/policies whole-life cost/costing

• absolute monopoly
• absorb
• absorption
• absorption costing
• abstract
• abuse
• a/c
• ACAS
• accelerate
• accelerated cost recovery system
• accelerated depreciation
• accelerated payment
• accelerator
• accept
• acceptance
• acceptance bonus
• acceptance sampling
• acceptor
• access
• accessible
• accessory
• accident insurance
• accommodate
• accommodation
• accordance