insurance

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɪn.ˈʃʊr.əns/ or /ɪn.ˈʃɝ.əns/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪn.ˈʃʊə.rəns/ or /ɪn.ˈʃɔː.rəns/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: in‧sur‧ance

Noun

Singular insurance

Plural insurances

1. (countable) Insurance is an agreement where someone pays a small amount of money, and if something bad happens, they get money to help them.

   I have fire insurance for my house.

Related words

• insure
• insured