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1. (n.) insurance
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, in return for payment.
2. insurance
coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.
3. insurance
the contract itself, set forth in a written agreement or policy.
4. insurance
the amount for which anything is insured.
5. insurance
a premium paid for insurance.
6. insurance
any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm:
to take vitamin C as insurance against colds.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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| Definition of 'insurance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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. (noun) policy, insurance policy, insurance
written contract or certificate of insurance
"you should have read the small print on your policy"
3. (noun) indemnity, insurance
protection against future loss
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1. (noun) insurance
sth you buy from a company to protect you from paying for damage, illness, disaster, etc. in the future
Do you have health/fire/travel/car etc. insurance?
2. insurance
take out insurance
to buy insurance
The law says all residents must take out health insurance.
3. insurance
insurance policy
the arrangement you make with a particular company to have insurance
4. insurance
insurance premiums
regular payments you make to pay for insurance
5. insurance
protection against sth bad that could happen
an interest rate cut as an insurance against inflation
6. insurance
the business of selling insurance
***an insurance company
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| Definition of 'insurance' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) insurance
the act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6
2. (noun) insurance
the premium paid for insuring property or life
3. (noun) insurance
the sum for which life or property is insured
4. (noun) insurance
a guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance
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| Definition of 'insurance' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. insurance
Coverage by contract whereby one part indemnifies or guarantees another against loss by a specified contingency.
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Sense: the promise of a sum of money in event of loss eg by fire or other disaster, given in compensation by a company etc in return for regular payments
Have you paid the insurance on your jewellery?; (
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 Afrikaans: versekering |
 Arabic: تأمين |
 Bulgarian: застраховка |
 Brazilian: seguro |
 Czech: pojištění; pojišťovací |
 German: die Versicherung; Versich |
 Danish: forsikring; forsikrings- |
 Greek: ασφάλεια, ασφάλιση |
 Spanish: seguro |
 Estonian: kindlustus |
 Farsi: حق بیمه |
 Finnish: vakuutus |
 French: (d')assurance(s) |
 Hebrew: בִּיטוּח |
 Hindi: बीमा |
 Croatian: osiguranje |
 Hungarian: biztosítás |
 Indonesian: asuransi |
 Icelandic: (vá)trygging |
 Italian: assicurazione |
 Japanese: 保険 |
 Korean: 보험 |
 Lithuanian: draudimas |
 Latvian: apdrošināšana; apdrošināš |
 Malay: insurans |
 Dutch: verzekering |
 Norwegian: forsikring, trygd |
 Polish: ubezpieczenie |
 Persian: حق بیمه |
 Pashto: بيمه، په غاړه اخيستنه، دس |
 Portuguese: seguros |
 Romanian: (de) asigurare |
 Russian: страхование; страховой |
 Slovak: poistenie; poisťovací |
 Slovenian: zavarovanje |
 Serbian: osiguranje |
 Swedish: försäkring |
 Thai: การประกัน |
 Turkish: sigorta |
 Taiwanese: 保險 |
 Ukrainian: страхування |
 Urdu: بیمہ |
 Vietnamese: tiền bảo hiểm |
 Chinese: 保险 |
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