Prun.

Brit.

/pruː/, U.S.

/pru/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: prudential adj.

Etymology: Short for prudential adj. in the name of The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association (the name of the company has subsequently changed a number of times, but the word Prudential has remained in each case).The company was founded on 30 May 1848 in London.

colloquial.

With the. The Prudential Assurance Company. man from the Pru n. a representative of the Prudential Assurance Company who deals directly with private clients, esp. (originally) one who calls regularly at clients' homes to collect insurance premiums (also in extended use).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance company (general)

hand in hand1701

Lloyd's1819

Pru1927

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker > other agent types

reassurer1787

reinsured1840

fire adjuster1872

man from the Pru1961

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 111 The best known English company, the Prudential, is often called the Pru.

1961 C. Cockburn View from West ii. 19 To what extent..is our entire view of life..determined by what is told us by the Men from the Pru?

1973 A. Behrend Samarai Affair xiii. 141 She..said with no more emotion than if addressing a man from the Pru, ‘My husband's told me what you've come for.’

1978 Guardian Weekly 15 Jan. 21/3 Next year I hope the Cottesloe [Theatre] will offer us, like the man from the Pru, a definite policy.

1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 13/2 The Pru has announced that it expects to miss another deadline on 1 October when it will not have succeeded in settling 90 per cent of its top-priority cases for missold pensions.

2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 74 Several times I've been through the familiar routine with the man from the Pru, Mary and me sitting there with the holes in the elbows and the sag-arsed tracky bottoms trying to look distraught.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pru
释义	Prun. Brit. /pruː/, U.S. /pru/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: prudential adj. Etymology: Short for prudential adj. in the name of The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association (the name of the company has subsequently changed a number of times, but the word Prudential has remained in each case).The company was founded on 30 May 1848 in London. colloquial. With the. The Prudential Assurance Company. man from the Pru n. a representative of the Prudential Assurance Company who deals directly with private clients, esp. (originally) one who calls regularly at clients' homes to collect insurance premiums (also in extended use). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance company (general) hand in hand1701 Lloyd's1819 Pru1927 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > insurance agent or broker > other agent types reassurer1787 reinsured1840 fire adjuster1872 man from the Pru1961 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 111 The best known English company, the Prudential, is often called the Pru. 1961 C. Cockburn View from West ii. 19 To what extent..is our entire view of life..determined by what is told us by the Men from the Pru? 1973 A. Behrend Samarai Affair xiii. 141 She..said with no more emotion than if addressing a man from the Pru, ‘My husband's told me what you've come for.’ 1978 Guardian Weekly 15 Jan. 21/3 Next year I hope the Cottesloe [Theatre] will offer us, like the man from the Pru, a definite policy. 1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 13/2 The Pru has announced that it expects to miss another deadline on 1 October when it will not have succeeded in settling 90 per cent of its top-priority cases for missold pensions. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 74 Several times I've been through the familiar routine with the man from the Pru, Mary and me sitting there with the holes in the elbows and the sag-arsed tracky bottoms trying to look distraught. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927
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