insurance

insurance
01. After my father died, my wife and I decided to get life [insurance] to support our family in case either of us died unexpectedly.
02. My car [insurance] went up as a result of the accident.
03. After the fire, our house [insurance] replaced everything we had, apart from the $200 deductible.
04. Apparently, Céline Dion's voice is [insured] for millions of dollars.
05. Expensive bicycles are only [insurable] at great cost because bicycle theft is so common.
06. Thanks to our medical [insurance], her treatments have been totally free.
07. I read somewhere that Jennifer Lopez recently [insured] her bum for a million dollars.
08. There is a Nigerian proverb which states that the only [insurance] against fire is to have two houses.
09. In 1993, worldwide sales of private [insurance] reached almost 1.5 trillion dollars.
10. By 1996, [insurance] companies had to pay out almost 48 billion dollars due to weather-related disasters, compared with only 16 billion dollars for the entire period of the 1980s.
11. Germany was the first European country to establish a system for health [insurance] for its workers in 1888.
12. After I had a fire in my home and received a settlement, my [insurance] company raised my rates.
13. You should [insure] all your valuables before you leave on vacation in case something happens while you're away.
14. Health care in Moldova is paid for by the state, not by private [insurance] companies.
15. Calvin Coolidge once observed that no nation ever has an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or [insure] it victory in time of war.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?
Synonyms:
,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • insurance — in·sur·ance /in shu̇r əns, in ˌshu̇r / n 1: the action, process, or means of insuring or the state of being insured usu. against loss or damage by a contingent event (as death, fire, accident, or sickness) 2 a: the business of insuring persons or …   Law dictionary

  • Insurance — In*sur ance, n. [From {Insure}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insurance — ► NOUN 1) the action of insuring. 2) the business of providing insurance. 3) money paid for insurance, or as compensation under an insurance policy. 4) a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality …   English terms dictionary

  • insurance — [in shoor′əns] n. [earlier ensurance < OFr enseurance: see ENSURE] 1. an insuring or being insured against loss; a system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums (premiums) periodically for a… …   English World dictionary

  • insurance — (n.) 1550s, engagement to marry, a variant of ensurance (see ENSURE (Cf. ensure)). Commercial sense of security against loss or death in exchange for payment is from 1650s. ASSURANCE (Cf. Assurance) was the older term for this (late 16c.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • insurance — see assure, assurance …   Modern English usage

  • insurance — [n] protection, security allowance, assurance, backing, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnification, indemnity, provision, safeguard, support, warrant, warranty; concepts 318,332 …   New thesaurus

  • Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… …   Wikipedia

  • insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …   Universalium

  • insurance — Guarding against property loss or damage making payments in the form of premiums to an insurance company, which pays an agreed upon sum to the insured in the event of loss. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * insurance in‧sur‧ance [ɪnˈʆʊərəns ǁ… …   Financial and business terms

  • insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …   Black's law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”