insurance

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. The premium paid for insuring property or life. Source: opted

3. n. The sum for which life or property is insured. Source: opted

4. n. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. Source: opted

5. n. 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 Source: wordnet

6. n. written contract or certificate of insurance Source: wordnet

7. n. protection against future loss Source: wordnet

8. n:100 n. 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 Source: ecdict

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