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保險 — meaning in English

bǎo xiǎn

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English meaning

  • assurance noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
  • confident adj Feeling sure of yourself or your abilities.
  • insurance noun An arrangement where you pay a company regularly so it covers you financially if something bad happens.
  • secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.
  • sound noun A sensation perceived by the ear, caused by vibrations traveling through air or another medium.

Senses

保險 is used for these senses in English:

  • assurance (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used 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.
  • confident Very sure of something; positive.
  • insurance A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
  • secure Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • sound Complete, solid, or secure.

assurance — full definition

  1. noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
  2. noun Confidence in oneself; self-assured certainty.
  3. noun British English term for insurance, especially life insurance.

confident — full definition

  1. adj Feeling sure of yourself or your abilities.
  2. adj Certain that something is true or will happen.

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