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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
/ 瑟n藞蕛蕣蓹r蓹ns; -藞蕛蓴藧- /
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 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍顎卛苍路蝉耻谤顎僡苍肠别 noun
- 辫谤别顎卛苍路蝉耻谤顎僡苍肠别 noun
- 辫谤辞顎卛苍路蝉耻谤顎僡苍肠别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of insurance1
Example Sentences
A paddleboard firm boss jailed after four people died in a river accident was sacked from the police over a fraudulent insurance claim.
The state was unable to enact its own universal healthcare insurance system, a goal of then-Gov.
Flood insurance must be purchased by home and business owners in high-risk areas with mortgages from federally regulated or insured lenders.
Shop owners say insurance companies either won't insure their properties or that the premiums are now so high many shop keepers say they simply can't afford it.
It also wants to make dental care cheaper, by opening applications to a national insurance programme for 4.5 million Canadians aged 18 to 64.
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