Definitions for insurance

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insurance in·sur·ance

Spelling: [in-shoo r-uh ns, -shur-]

IPA: /ɪnˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr-/

Insurance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 499 anagrams from letters in insurance (aceinnrsu).

Definitions for insurance

noun

1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
2. coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.
3. the contract itself, set forth in a written or printed agreement or policy.
4. the amount for which anything is insured.
5. an insurance premium.
6. any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm:

adjective

1. of or relating to a score that increases a team's lead and insures that the lead will be held if the opposing team should score once more:

Origin of insurance

First recorded in 1545-55; insure + -ance

Examples for insurance

Thanks to that evening's performance I was able to pay the insurance company.

But disputes as to insurance and club money were the most numerous.

"They might have deserted her for her insurance," suggested Madden tentatively.

His father, a writer, and his mother, who worked in insurance, were flawless.

This was the first insurance company with which he was ever connected.

Most of them have insurance, and only a small percentage face catastrophic illness.

How was it that the insurance companies were so unconcerned?

Thankful that I made it this far without fearing dying of a treatable illness because I had no insurance.

She freely admits that she was using both to self-medicate after she lost her insurance.

Does that mean that when the insurance company pays my doctor they also pay the same amount to me?