insurance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: blackjack
games
Etymology: From the older form ensurance, see also assurance.
By surface analysis, insure + -ance.
Inflected forms:
form: insurances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: insuraunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance.
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
gloss: The business of providing insurance.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: After five years in banking, I switched to insurance.
gloss: Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
usually
examples: The sky was clear, but I took my umbrella for insurance.
gloss: A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I only take insurance if the count is right.
gloss: An insurance policy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: "The children need to get back to some level of normalcy and their families can certainly use some respite to deal with things such as insurances, licences and other things they have lost," he said.
gloss: A company providing insurance policies; an insurer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: 'They don't say so yet, but the suggestion is incendiarism. […]'
'Why should they think anything wrong?'
'These insurances go a lot by the fire brigade report. I suppose the officer in charge has suggested something.'
Related words: actuary
annuity
broker
float
underwriter
workers’ compensation
Derived words: accident insurance
auto insurance
automobile insurance
black box insurance
bond insurance
car insurance
casualty insurance
coinsurance
comprehensive insurance
contents insurance
credit insurance
credit life insurance
dental insurance
deposit insurance
divorce insurance
earthquake insurance
fidelity insurance
fire insurance
flood insurance
freight insurance
gap insurance
general insurance
group insurance
health insurance
home insurance
homeowner's insurance
insurance adjuster
insurance agency
insurance agent
insurance broker
insurance carrier
insurance claim
insurance company
insurance contract
insurance fire
insurance fraud
insurance goal
insurancelike
insurance plan
insurance policy
insurance poor
insurance premium
insurancer
insurance scam
insurance shot
insure
insurer
insurtech
interinsurance
keyman insurance
key man insurance
key person insurance
liability insurance
life insurance
malpractice insurance
microinsurance
motor insurance
mutual insurance
national insurance
no-fault insurance
noninsurance
overinsurance
pet insurance
property insurance
reinsurance
schmuck insurance
self-insurance
social insurance
social insurance number
strike insurance
superhero insurance
term life insurance
time element insurance
title insurance
transportation insurance
travel insurance
umbrella insurance
underinsurance
unemployment insurance
uninsurance
whole-life insurance
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: versekering
lang: Amharic
word: ዋስትና
roman: wastəna
lang: Arabic
word: تَأْمِين
roman: taʔmīn
lang: Armenian
word: ապահովագրություն
roman: apahovagrutʻyun
lang: Belarusian
word: страхава́нне
roman: straxavánnje
lang: Bulgarian
word: застрахова́не
roman: zastrahováne
lang: Burmese
word: အာမခံလုပ်ငန်း
roman: ama.hkamlupngan:
lang: Catalan
word: assegurança
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 保險業 /保险业
roman: bǎoxiǎnyè
lang: Czech
word: pojišťovna
lang: Danish
word: forsikring
lang: Finnish
word: vakuutusala
lang: French
word: assurance
lang: Georgian
word: დაზღვევა
roman: dazɣveva
lang: German
word: Versicherung
lang: Hindi
word: बीमा
roman: bīmā
lang: Hungarian
word: biztosítószakma
lang: Icelandic
word: tryggingar
lang: Japanese
word: 保険業
roman: hokengyō
lang: Korean
word: 보험업계
roman: boheomeopgye
lang: Lao
word: ການປະກັນໄພ
roman: kān pa kan phai
lang: Latvian
word: apdrošināšana
lang: Lithuanian
word: draudimas
lang: Macedonian
word: осигурување
roman: osiguruvanje
lang: Norman
word: asseûthance
lang: Persian
word: بیمه
roman: bime
lang: Polish
word: ubezpieczenie
lang: Portuguese
word: seguro
lang: Romanian
word: asigurări
lang: Russian
word: страхова́ние
roman: straxovánije
lang: Slovak
word: poisťovňa
lang: Spanish
word: seguro
lang: Spanish
word: aseguración
lang: Swahili
word: bima
lang: Swedish
word: försäkring
lang: Tajik
word: суғуртакунӣ
roman: suġurtakuni
lang: Tajik
word: бима
roman: bima
lang: Tajik
word: суғурта
roman: suġurta
lang: Tamil
word: காப்பீடு
roman: kāppīṭu
lang: Thai
word: การประกันภัย
lang: Turkish
word: sigortacılık
lang: Turkmen
word: strahowaniýe
lang: Ukrainian
word: страхува́ння
roman: straxuvánnja
lang: Uzbek
word: straxovaniye
lang: Uzbek
word: sugʻurta
lang: Welsh
word: insiwrans