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SELF-INSURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-insurance mean? 

SELF-INSURANCE (noun)
  The noun SELF-INSURANCE has 1 sense:

1. insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policyplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-INSURANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-INSURANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("self-insurance" is a kind of...):

insurance (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)


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