I insured Amy with a fine old insurance company.
•We insured the car with Acme Insurance in Adamsville.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
insure — in‧sure [ɪnˈʆʊə ǁ ˈʆʊr] verb [intransitive, transitive] INSURANCE 1. to buy insurance to protect yourself, your family, your business etc against something bad happening, for example accidents, damage to property, or injury caused to others: •… … Financial and business terms
List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… … Wikipedia
Risk — Typically defined as the standard deviation of the return on total investment. Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. risk risk 1 [rɪsk] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] the possibility that… … Financial and business terms
risk — (1) Noun The possibility of loss. (2) Noun The uncertainty of whether events, expected or otherwise, will have an adverse impact. In this context, the adverse impact is usually a quantity of return ( income) or value at risk. (3) Noun the… … Financial and business terms
insurance — Guarding against property loss or damage making payments in the form of premiums to an insurance company, which pays an agreed upon sum to the insured in the event of loss. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * insurance in‧sur‧ance [ɪnˈʆʊərəns ǁ… … Financial and business terms
recommend */*/*/ — UK [ˌrekəˈmend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms recommend : present tense I/you/we/they recommend he/she/it recommends present participle recommending past tense recommended past participle recommended 1) a) to advise someone that they should… … English dictionary
protect — Assure the salesperson or trader that interest, buy or sell, will be attended to, given any change in the trading circumstances, as follows: At a price: If the stock trade at a certain price or price range, the trader will show this market to the … Financial and business terms
cover — cov·er 1 vt 1: insure this policy cover s other family drivers 2: to give protection against or compensation or indemnification for doesn t cover flood damage vi: to obtain cover … Law dictionary
endorsement — A written statement on a document, usually on the back of the document, in which the owner assigns his rights to an individual or entity named in the endorsement. American Banker Glossary * * * endorsement en‧dorse‧ment [ɪnˈdɔːsmənt ǁ ɔːr ] also… … Financial and business terms
endorse — en·dorse also in·dorse /in dȯrs/ vt en·dorsed also in·dorsed, en·dors·ing, also, in·dors·ing [Anglo French endosser endorser and Medieval Latin indorsare, both ultimately from Latin in on + dorsum back] 1: to write on the back of; esp: to sign… … Law dictionary
Insurable interest — A person has an insurable interest in something when loss or damage to it would cause that person to suffer a financial loss or certain other kinds of losses. For example, if the house you own is damaged by fire, the value of your house has been… … Wikipedia
