insurance

Definition

  • noun: an agreement in which a person makes regular payments to a company and the company promises to pay money if the person is injured or dies, or to pay money equal to the value of something (such as a house or car) if it is damaged, lost, or stolen
  • noun: the business of 'insuring' persons or property
  • usually + 'against'
  • synonyms: assurance, precaution, underwrite

Examples

  • What's the monthly 'insurance' on your car? [=how much money do you pay each month for insurance for your car?]

  • He was very glad that he had 'taken out insurance on' the boat. [=that he had insured the boat]

  • Education provides 'insurance against' instability in the job market.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a large pair of scrubs to me? The only reason I carry this chart around is so I can pretend to remember your names. If the patient has insurance, you treat them. If they don't, you show them the door. And if somebody dies, you get the autopsy. (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) - How you holding up? - There he is. My safety net. I saw that you're still pushing to put Mrs Pratt on the transplant list. Bad news, though. She doesn't have the insurance to cover it. But she's a second away from total renal failure. OK... Did you ask the Burski family (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1