insurance
English
Alternative forms
- insuraunce (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Noun
insurance (usually uncountable, plural insurances)
- A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
- 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87:
- In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
- The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance.
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- The business of providing insurance.
- After five years in banking, I switched to insurance.
- (figuratively) Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
- The sky was clear, but I took my umbrella for insurance.
- (blackjack) A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
- I only take insurance if the count is right.
- (countable) An insurance policy
Derived terms
- automobile insurance
- bond insurance
- car insurance
- casualty insurance
- credit insurance
- dental insurance
- divorce insurance
- earthquake insurance
- fire insurance
- flood insurance
- freight insurance
- group insurance
- health insurance
- insurance adjuster
- insurance agency
- insurance agency
- insurance agent
- insurance claim
- insurance company
- insurance fraud
- insurance goal
- insurance plan
- insurance policy
- insurance premium
- insurance scam
- insure
- insurer
- key person insurance
- liability insurance
- life insurance
- malpractice insurance
- no-fault insurance
- pet insurance
- property insurance
- reinsurance
- term life insurance
- title insurance
- transportation insurance
- unemployment insurance
- whole-life insurance
Translations
indemnity
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business
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metaphoric: any attempt to anticipate an unfavorable event
insurance policy — see insurance policy
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