INSURANCE
\ɪnʃˈʊ͡əɹəns], \ɪnʃˈʊəɹəns], \ɪ_n_ʃ_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of INSURANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"
By Princeton University
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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
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written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The premium paid for insuring property or life.
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The sum for which life or property is insured.
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A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
By Oddity Software
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The premium paid for insuring property or life.
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The sum for which life or property is insured.
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A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
By Noah Webster.
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Coverage by contract whereby one part indemnifies or guarantees another against loss by a specified contingency.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or system of securing against loss or damage; a contract whereby in consideration of a certain payment called premium, one party agrees to guarantee or indemnify another against certain risks such as fire, death, accident, etc., by the payment of money; the sum paid in settlement of such a contract.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The agreement by one party to pay a definite sum to another party in the event of illness, accident, death, or pecuniary loss of one kind or another.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The act of insuring, or a contract by which one party undertakes for a payment or premium to guarantee another against risk or loss: the premium so paid.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An act or system of guaranteeing a stipulated payment in case of loss, accident, or death; any guaranty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of insuring against loss or damage; a contract by which one engages, for a stipulated premium, to make up a loss which another may sustain; the premium paid. Insurance company, a company whose business is to insure against loss or damage. Insurance broker, an intermediate agent between the marine insurance officers and the insurers, who effect policies upon ships, cargo, &c.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A contract entered into to secure against loss arising from fire, &c., in consideration of a certain annual payment; the premium or money paid for insuring.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called a premium, one party or company undertakes to indemnify another against loss by certain risks; -premium paid for insuring property of life.
