Term: self-insurance: insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy
Candidate hypernym: insurance: 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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: pessimism: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things → 0
Candidate hypernym: balaclava: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face → 0
Candidate hypernym: strawberry tree: small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor → 0
Candidate hypernym: quakerism: the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry → 0
Candidate hypernym: cost of living: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrology: the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation → 0
Candidate hypernym: deification: the condition of being treated like a god → 0
Candidate hypernym: muncher: a chewer who makes a munching noise → 0
Candidate hypernym: cortex: the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal → 0
Candidate hypernym: tovarich: a comrade (especially in Russian communism) → 0