English Explanatory Dictionary

assurance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
  2. The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.
  3. Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.
  4. Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
  5. Betrothal; affiance.
  6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
  7. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
  8. Subjective certainty of one's salvation.

Pronunciation

/əˈʃɔːɹəns/ /əˈʃʊəɹəns/ /əˈʃʊɹəns/ /əˈʃɝəns/ en-us-assurance.ogg

Word forms

assurance assurances assuraunce

Etymology

From Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.

Derived words

assurances blessed assurance decreasing term assurance endowment assurance increasing term assurance information assurance level term assurance life assurance nonassurance preassurance quality assurance reassurance self-assurance software assurance term assurance unassurance
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