INSURE
\ɪnʃˈʊ͡ə], \ɪnʃˈʊə], \ɪ_n_ʃ_ˈʊə]\
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To make a formal agreement on certain conditions to secure against loss or damage by fire, death, accident, etc.; make sure or secure.
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To undertake or contract to give security against loss by fire, etc.; to underwrite.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make sure or secure: to contract for a premium to make good a loss, as from fire, etc., or to pay a certain sum on a certain event, as death.
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To practice making insurance.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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