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in·sur·ance


noun 
Definition:
 
1. financial protection against loss or harm: an arrangement by which a company gives customers financial protection against loss or harm such as theft or illness in return for payment premium

2. money paid by insurance company: the sum of money that an insurance company pays or agrees to pay if a specific undesirable event occurs

3. premium: the payment made to obtain insurance
My car insurance has gone up again.

4. insurance business: the commercial business of providing insurance

5. means of protection: an act, measure, or provision that gives protection against an undesirable event or risk
provided a map as insurance against getting lost



adjective 
Definition:
 
sports preventing of opponent from tying game: in some sports, relating to an act of scoring that increases a team's lead to the extent that the other side cannot tie the game in a single play

[15th century. < Old French enseürance< enseürer (see ensure)]

The correct pronunciation of insurance places primary stress on the second syllable /in shrÉ™nss, /, not on the first syllable /ín shrÉ™nss, /.
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