REINSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reinsure mean? 

• REINSURE (verb)
  The verb REINSURE has 3 senses:

1. provide additional insurance for

2. insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed

3. insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk

  Familiarity information: REINSURE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REINSURE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reinsure    ... he / she / it reinsures   
Past simple: reinsured   
Past participle: reinsured   
-ing form: reinsuring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide additional insurance for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):

insure (take out insurance for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):

insure (take out insurance for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reinsurance (sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):

cover; insure; underwrite (protect by insurance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something