Insurance Definition
ĭn-sho͝orəns
noun
An insuring or being insured against loss.
Webster's New World
A means of being insured.
American Heritage
A system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums (premiums) periodically for a guarantee that they will be compensated under stipulated conditions for any specified loss by fire, accident, death, etc.
Webster's New World
A contract guaranteeing such protection.
Webster's New World
The business of insuring against loss.
Webster's New World
adjective
Being a point or score that increases one competitor's lead enough to prevent the opponent from achieving a tie with one more score.
An insurance run.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Insurance
Noun
Singular:
insurancePlural:
insurances
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