insurance
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
insurance/ɪnˈʃʊərəns/
▶noun
- 1 the action of insuring someone or something.
■ the business of providing insurance.
■ money paid as compensation under an insurance policy.
- 2 a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality.
usage: There is a technical distinction between insurance and assurance in the context of life insurance: see usage at assurance.
'insurance' also found in these Oxford entries:
actuary
- adjust
- annuity
- assurance
- assure
- bancassurance
- benefit
- bond
- bottomry
- BUPA
- card
- carpetbagger
- cash
- casualty
- c.i.f.
- claim
- comprehensive
- contributory
- cover
- coverage
- cover note
- death futures
- deductible
- double indemnity
- endorsement
- endowment
- endowment mortgage
- excess
- exclusion
- fidelity insurance
- green card
- insurance broker
- insurance carrier
- insurance policy
- insurance stamp
- insured
- investment bond
- knock-for-knock agreement
- life assurance
- life insurance
- Lloyd's
- loading
- loss adjuster
- managed fund
- mature
- maturity
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- motor
