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insurance
[ in-shoor-uhns, -shur- ]
noun
- the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.
- the contract itself, set forth in a written or printed agreement or policy.
- an insurance premium.
- any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm:
Taking vitamin C is viewed as an insurance against catching colds.
adjective
- of or relating to a score that increases a team's lead and insures that the lead will be held if the opposing team should score once more:
The home run gave the team an insurance run, making the score 7-5.
insurance
/ ɪnˈʃʊərÉ™ns; -ˈʃɔË- /
noun
- 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
- the state of having such protection
- Also calledinsurance policy the policy providing such protection
- the pecuniary amount of such protection
- the premium payable in return for such protection
- ( as modifier )
insurance broker
insurance agent
insurance company
- a means of protecting or safeguarding against risk or injury
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôi²Ô·²õ³Ü°ùa²Ô³¦±ð noun
- ±è°ù±ði²Ô·²õ³Ü°ùa²Ô³¦±ð noun
- ±è°ù´Çi²Ô·²õ³Ü°ùa²Ô³¦±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of insurance1
Example Sentences
Sesame offers two plans for patients with or without insurance.
The artwork is primarily conceptual and performance, avoiding some of the stickier issues of transport, storage and insurance most museum loans entail.
It regulates health insurance and sets policy that guides the prices that doctors, hospitals and drug companies are paid for medical services.
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “provisionally†granted State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% hike in its homeowners insurance rate Friday — but it won’t take effect pending a formal hearing scheduled for next month.
Today, more than one-third of the 30 companies in the Dow industrials deal in finance, insurance or high tech and don’t make products that need to be physically transported.
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