insure

Etymology
Recorded since about 1440, as a variant of (from, itself from  + , probably influenced by ); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure.

Verb

 * 1)  To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
 * I'm not insured against burglary.
 * 1)  To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
 * 2)  ; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.

Usage notes

 * Note that both the person taking out insurance and the company with whom the policy is taken are said to insure the risk.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sığortalamaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forsikre
 * Dutch:
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 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cuir árachas ar
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: apdrošināt
 * Maori: inihua
 * Persian: بیمه بودن
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: страхува́ти, застрахо́вувати, застрахува́ти


 * Dutch:, doen in verzekeringen
 * Persian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Hungarian:, tesz róla, gondja van rá,
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish: güvence vermek


 * Dutch: ,
 * German:
 * Romanian: