insurance

«insurance» in Mova's school dictionary: an arrangement where you pay a company a small amount… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (insurance — uncountable; an insurance policy)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) Insurance can mean any protection against something going wrong: "I took an umbrella as insurance." tree →

sense 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 →
• Dad pays for car insurance every month. tree →
• The insurance paid for the broken window. tree →
• Buy travel insurance before going abroad. tree →
• I packed extra snacks as insurance. tree →
• Insurance costs 30 dollars a month, so 360 dollars a year. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• There is rent or a mortgage, energy for heating and hot water, council tax, broadband and insurance.
• Having life insurance is a sensible plan made by many parents; it does not mean anyone expects to die soon.
• Countries also trade services, such as banking, insurance, software, films and tourism, not only goods.
• In the US, most people rely on health insurance, which pays part of the bills.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «insurance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.