Definitions
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- noun biology, uncountable All objects or substances except those considered alive.
- noun countable A life so devoid of meaning or activity that it is barely worth living.
- adjective insurance Relating to types of insurance which are not
life insurance
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Examples
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The idea of life from nonlife is further away from reality than ever.
A Minimal Genome 2006
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The victim was taken to a local hospital with what police described as nonlife-threatening injuries.
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Randy Schultz described as nonlife-threatening injuries.
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Randy Schultz described as nonlife-threatening injuries.
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Other financial institutions such as brokerages and nonlife insurance firms are also hiring staff in the region or investing in local firms.
SMFG Looks to Jump Into Booming Asian Markets Atsuko Fukase 2011
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Japan's top three nonlife insurers reported losses in the April-December period, hit by payouts for damage manufacturers suffered from floods in Thailand.
What's News— 2012
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Premiums at its nonlife-insurance unit declined on lower volume because the difficult economic environment is keeping customer exposure at a modest level, Zurich said.
Zurich Financial to Raise Dividend Anita Greil 2011
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TOKYO—Japan's top three nonlife insurers swung into the red in the April-December period, badly hit by $5.3 billion in payouts for the damage Japanese manufacturers suffered from the flooding in Thailand late last year.
Thai Floods Sink Japanese Insurers Atsuko Fukase 2012
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TOKYO—Japan's top three nonlife insurers lowered their earnings outlooks for the full fiscal year ending in March, hit by a combined $3.4 billion in expected payouts related to the flooding in Thailand and securities valuation losses due to financial market turmoil.
Japan Insurers Cut Outlooks on Thai Floods Hiroyuki Kachi 2011
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The Swiss life and nonlife insurer, which during the past two quarters had been hit by property asset write-downs and litigation costs that have dented its bottom line by about $500 million, said Wednesday that it will buy as many as 280 million new shares of China's third-largest life insurer, allowing Zurich Financial to maintain a 20% stake in the company.
Zurich to Invest $420 Million in New China Life Goran Mijuk 2010
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