Look up: lapse

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   lapse
   An option 'lapses' if it expires worthless, that is, it has no intrinsic value on expiry.
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   lapse
   Occurs when the policyholder has failed to pay the premium. Differs from surrenders, although statistics often show 'lapses and surrenders' together.
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   lapse
   [n] - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something 2. [v] - let slip 3. [v] - end, at least for a long time 4. [v] - drop to a lower level
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   lapse
   Generally, where a beneficiary dies before the testator, a devise or bequest fails or lapses
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   Lapse
   The non-renewal of an insurance policy for any reason.
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   Lapse
   In insurance terminology, a policy is deemed to have lapsed when the policyholder fails to pay the... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/lapse.htm?id=824&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of lapse'>more</a>
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   LAPSE
   (language) A single assignment language for the Manchester dataflow machine. ['A Single Assignment Language for Data Flow Computing', J.R.W. Glauert, M.Sc Diss, Victoria U Manchester, 1978]. (1994-12-21)
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   lapse
   In meteorology,the rate at which the temperature comes down in relation to height Category: Management in the public and private sector • the rate of decrease in air temperature with an increase in height Category: The cosmos • the relation between policies lapsed or paid during a year to those at the beginning of the year Category: Insurance
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   Lapse
   Lapse noun [ Latin lapsus , from labi , past participle lapsus , to slide, to fall: confer French laps . See Sleep .] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. « The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible. ...
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    Lapse
    Lapse intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lapsed ; present participle & verbal noun Lapsing .] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. « A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern na ...
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    Lapse
    Lapse transitive verb 1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. « An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing the term of law.» Ayliffe. 2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. [ Obsolete] « For which, if be lapsed in this place, I shall pay dear.» Shak.
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    lapse
    1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. 'The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.' (Rambler) 'Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.' (I. Taylor) ... 2. A slip; an err ...
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    lapse
    noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; `a lapse of three weeks between letters`
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    lapse
    backslide verb drop to a lower level, as in one`s morals or standards
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    lapse
    verb let slip; `He lapsed his membership`
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    Lapse
    • (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. • (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. • (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. • (n.) A slip...
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    lapse
    lapse, lapsed, lapsing, lapses, lapsable, lapser 1. A momentary fault or failure in behavior or morality.2. A break in the continuity of something.3. A passage of time.4. A failure to exercise a right within a specified period of time, e.g., the failure to buy a property before the termination of an option to buy.4. To become null and void through disuse, negligence, or death.5. To decline in val...
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    lapse
    
    1. a mistake resulting from inattention
    2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
    3. a failure to maintain a higher state
    
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