Definition of insure

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Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..

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Insure :: Insure (v. i.) To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent..
Insurant :: Insurant (n.) The person insured.
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..
Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal..
Reinsure :: Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it..
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The sum for which life or property is insured.
Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..
Assured :: Assured (a.) Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
Assure :: Assure (v. t.) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure..
Insured :: Insured (imp. & p. p.) of Insur.
Abandonment :: Abandonment (n.) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
Reinsurance :: Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts..
Firman :: Firman (n.) In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance..
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..
Assured :: Assured (n.) One whose life or property is insured.
Reinsure :: Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility..
Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..
Reinsurer :: Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.
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