assurance
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assurance/əˈʃʊərəns/
▶noun
- 1 a positive declaration intended to give confidence.
- 2 confidence in one's own abilities.
■ certainty.
- 3 chiefly Brit. life insurance.
usage: Assurance is used of insurance policies under whose terms a payment is guaranteed, either after a fixed term or on the death of the insured person; insurance is the general term, and is used in particular of policies under whose terms a payment would be made only in certain circumstances (e.g. accident or death within a limited period).
'assurance' also found in these Oxford entries:
aplomb
- assure
- bancassurance
- breach
- categorical
- confidence
- confirm
- friendly society
- guarantee
- insurance
- letter of comfort
- life assurance
- promise
- self-assurance
- surely
- swear
- word
