insurance
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
- The business of providing insurance.
- Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
- A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
- An insurance policy.
- A company providing insurance policies; an insurer.
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈʃɔː.ɹəns/
/ɪnˈʃʊə.ɹəns/
/ɪnˈʃʊɹ.əns/
/ɪnˈʃɜɹ.əns/
en-us-insurance.ogg
/ˈɪn.ʃə.ɹɪns/
/ɪn.(t)ʃʊ.rens/
Word forms
insurance
insurances
insuraunce
Etymology
From the older form ensurance, see also assurance. By surface analysis, insure + -ance.
Related words
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
Translations
Afrikaans: versekering
Arabic: تَأْمِين
Armenian: ապահովագրություն
Belarusian: страхава́нне
Bulgarian: застрахова́не
Burmese: အာမခံလုပ်ငန်း
Catalan: assegurança
Chinese Mandarin: 保險業 /保险业
Czech: pojišťovna
Danish: forsikring
Finnish: vakuutusala
French: assurance
Georgian: დაზღვევა
German: Versicherung
Hindi: बीमा
Hungarian: biztosítószakma
Icelandic: tryggingar
Japanese: 保険業
Korean: 보험업계
Lao: ການປະກັນໄພ
Latvian: apdrošināšana
Lithuanian: draudimas
Macedonian: осигурување
Norman: asseûthance
Persian: بیمه
Polish: ubezpieczenie
Portuguese: seguro
Romanian: asigurări
Russian: страхова́ние
Slovak: poisťovňa
Spanish: seguro
Spanish: aseguración
Swahili: bima
Swedish: försäkring
Tajik: суғуртакунӣ
Tajik: бима
Tajik: суғурта
Tamil: காப்பீடு
Thai: การประกันภัย
Turkish: sigortacılık
Turkmen: strahowaniýe
Ukrainian: страхува́ння
Uzbek: straxovaniye
Uzbek: sugʻurta
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