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# insurance

noun (insurance — uncountable; an insurance policy)

«insurance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Insurance is an arrangement where you pay a company a small amount regularly, and if something bad happens, like an accident, theft or illness, the company pays to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#m1)
2. Insurance can mean any protection against something going wrong: "I took an umbrella as insurance." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: car insurance, house insurance, travel insurance, health insurance. In maths and money: insurance payments per month, total per year. Phrases: take out insurance, insurance policy, insurance claim, as insurance against.

### Examples

- We have insurance for our house in case of fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x1)
- Dad pays for car insurance every month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x2)
- The insurance paid for the broken window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x3)
- Buy travel insurance before going abroad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x4)
- I packed extra snacks as insurance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x5)
- Insurance costs 30 dollars a month, so 360 dollars a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: some insurance, not "an insurance" (say "an insurance policy"). Verb: insure. Do not mix up with "ensure" (make sure). In maths: yearly cost = monthly cost × 12.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «insurance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insurance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«insurance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/insurance.html) on Mova free.