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Insurance

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Noun

1. insurance

promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company

2. insurance, insurance policy, policy

written contract or certificate of insurance

Example Sentences:
'you should have read the small print on your policy'

3. indemnity, insurance

protection against future loss

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Insurance

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noun
1. 
a. 
the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
b. 
the state of having such protection
c. Also called: insurance policy
the policy providing such protection
d. 
the pecuniary amount of such protection
e. 
the premium payable in return for such protection
f. 
(as modifier)
insurance agent
insurance broker
insurance company
2. 
a means of protecting or safeguarding against risk or injury

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Insurance

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noun
1. 
an insuring or being insured against loss; a system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums (premiums) periodically for a guarantee that they will be compensated under stipulated conditions for any specified loss by fire, accident, death, etc.
2. 
a. 
a contract guaranteeing such protection
usually called insurance policy see policy2 (sense 1)
b. 
the premium specified for such a contract
3. 
the amount for which life, property, etc. is insured
4. 
the business of insuring against loss

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Insurance

see synonyms of insurance
n.
1.
a. The act, business, or system of insuring.
b. The state of being insured.
c. A means of being insured.
2.
a. An arrangement or agreement that protects someone from incurring future losses, as from damage, theft, illness, or death, especially a contract that transfers the risk of a specified loss to another party in exchange for the payment of a premium.
b. The sum or rate for which such a contract insures something.
c. The periodic premium paid for this coverage.
3. A protective measure: biking helmets that provide insurance against a head injury.
adj.
Sports
Being a point or score that increases one competitor's lead enough to prevent the opponent from achieving a tie with one more score: an insurance run.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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