Assurance

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  • noun. A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Freedom from doubt; certainty about something.
  • noun. Self-confidence.
  • noun. Insurance, especially life insurance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of assuring; a formal or earnest statement intended to produce belief or conviction; a positive declaration intended to give confidence: as, I trusted to his assurances.
  • noun. Pledge; guaranty; surety.
  • noun. Affiance; betrothal.
  • noun. In law, documentary evidence of the title or right of possession of property.
  • noun. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on the occurrence of a certain event, as loss or death.
  • noun. Certain proof; clear evidence; positive demonstration; undeniable grounds for belief or trust; assuredness.
  • noun. Firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certain expectation; the utmost certainty.
  • noun. Especially Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage.
  • noun. Freedom from timidity or bashfulness; laudable confidence; self-reliance.
  • noun. Excess of boldness; impudence: as, his assurance is intolerable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
  • noun. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
  • noun. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
  • noun. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity.
  • noun. Betrothal; affiance.
  • noun. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
  • noun. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
  • noun. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
  • noun. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
  • noun. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
  • noun. Betrothal; affiance.
  • noun. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. &hand; Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See Insurance.
  • noun. Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. &hand; In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. Blackstone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
  • noun. a British term for some kinds of insurance
  • noun. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
  • noun. a statement intended to inspire confidence
  • Word Usage
    "The promise that his house should be blessed was intended as a compensation for the disappointment of his wish to build the temple, and hence this assurance is appropriately repeated at the conclusion of the prophet's address [Bertheau]."
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