/ɪnˈʃʊərəns/
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Translation
Money you pay a company every month so that it pays you if something bad happens.
Word origin
From insure, an old spelling of ensure, from Old French enseurer, from Latin securus, safe.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- securus
- English cognates
- ensure, secure, sure
Examples
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"Insurance" is uncountable, so it has no plural.
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The company pays when something goes wrong.
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"Take out insurance" means to buy it.
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