insure
To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
Example
“I'm not insured against burglary.”
Other meanings
To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
Synonyms
- cover
Related words
- coinsure
- disinsure
- insurability
- insurable
- insuree
- overinsure
- underinsure
- insurance
- insurer
- reinsure
- self-insure
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "enseurer".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “insure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.