insurance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- security hypernym
- assurance hyponym
- automobile insurance hyponym
- business interruption insurance hyponym
- coinsurance hyponym
- fire insurance hyponym
- group insurance hyponym
- hazard insurance hyponym
- health insurance hyponym
- liability insurance hyponym
- life insurance hyponym
- malpractice insurance hyponym
- reinsurance hyponym
- self-insurance hyponym
- term insurance hyponym
Related & opposite
- underwrite derivation
Sense 2 noun
written contract or certificate of insurance
you should have read the small print on your policy
Types & categories
- contract hypernym
- floating policy hyponym
Sense 3 noun
protection against future loss
Types & categories
- shelter hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | underwrite |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | security |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | automobile insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | business interruption insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coinsurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | group insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hazard insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | health insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liability insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | life insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | malpractice insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinsurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | self-insurance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | term insurance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contract |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | floating policy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indemnify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shelter |