insurance

insurance has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. 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 another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
• n.. The premium paid for insuring property or life.
• n.. The sum for which life or property is insured.
• n.. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
• n.. written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"
• n.. promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
• n.. protection against future loss