to insure one's property

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• insure — assure, ensure, insure These three words overlap in meaning, and all have to do with aspects of certainty or security. Assure means ‘to make (a person) sure, to convince’, and can be followed by of or a that clause (She had to leave, but we were… …   Modern English usage

• insure — verb 1 (I, T) to buy insurance to protect yourself against something bad happening to you, your family, your possessions etc: Have you insured the contents of your home? | insure (sth/sb) against sth: It would be wise to insure your property… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• self-insure — /self in shoor , self /, v., self insured, self insuring. v.t. 1. to subject (one s property or interests) to self insurance. v.i. 2. to insure with self insurance. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

• self-insure — self′ insure′ v. t. insured, insuring bus to protect (one s property or interests) by means of self insurance • Etymology: 1930–35 self′ insur′er, n …   From formal English to slang

• self-insure — /self in shoor , self /, v., self insured, self insuring. v.t. 1. to subject (one s property or interests) to self insurance. v.i. 2. to insure with self insurance. [1930 35] …   Useful english dictionary

• assure - ensure - insure — ◊ assure If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried. Please assure Matthew that my house is not about to slide into the …   Useful english dictionary

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• Occupiers' liability (English law) — Occupiers liability is a field of tort law, codified in statute, which concerns the duty of care that those who occupy property owe to people who visit or trespass. It deals with liability that may arise from accidents caused by the defective or… …   Wikipedia

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• insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the 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… …   Universalium