Meaning & use

insuring

verb·Academic

Providing insurance coverage for something against loss, damage, or risk.

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The company is insuring the entire shipment against theft and damage.

He spent the afternoon insuring his new car before driving it home.

A note on using this word

Insuring means arranging financial protection through an insurance policy, while ensuring means making certain something happens; the two are easily confused.

Words with a similar meaning

coveringunderwriting

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