Definition of Insure

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Insure

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.

To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.

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Insure Quotations

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.
Albert Camus

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.
George Lincoln Rockwell

I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.
Ernie Banks

And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to honor, a future to insure,' couldn't be any more fitting for this transitional period you are going through.
Michael N. Castle

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
Barbara Mikulski

Who's paying the million bucks? The insurance company. We've been trying for years to get the insurance industry to say to the gun industry, We won't insure you unless you have policies that will reduce the likelihood of guns falling into the wrong hands easily.
Michael D. Barnes

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.
Charles Sturt

The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival.
Albert Claude

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.
Alan Autry

I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.
Kathie Lee Gifford

Insure Translations

insure in Afrikaans is verseker
insure in Dutch is assureren, veilig stellen, verzekeren
insure in French is assurer
insure in German is versichern
insure in Italian is assicurare
insure in Norwegian is forsikre
insure in Portuguese is segure
insure in Spanish is asegurar

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