insurances
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pluralof insurance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
insurancenounthe act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
Example Sentences
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It said it would waive payments of "tariffs" and "Iranian insurances" for ships passing during the 60 days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Actor James Woods, who lost his home in the Palisades fire, tweeted Tuesday that “one of the major insurances companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
The act only covers health insurance, excluding long-term, disability, life, and other insurances.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
There have been reports of coding issues and some hiccups with some insurances not covering the cost of the vaccines, but "hopefully these issues will get ironed out very soon," says Hotez.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 3, 2023
The Artistic Jubilee Jocademy in Bond Street.—The fire insurances on the building will be uncommonly heavy because there is to be a show of Furniss's constantly going on inside.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss