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cov·er·age /'kə-və-rij/ n1: protection or indemnification by an insurance policythe policy provides extensive coverage against burglary2: a risk assumed by the terms of an insurance contractthe policy lists four coverage s: liability, medical payments, uninsured motorists, and physical damage
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(insurance) noun
act of promisemaking, amount for which anything is insured, assurance, backing, bond, covenant, guarantee, guaranty, indemnity, obligation, pledge, promise, promise to pay, protection, reassurance, reinsurance, safeguard, security against loss, support, surety, undertaking, underwriting, warrant, warranty
associated concepts: blanket coverage, casualty coverage, comprehensive coverage, extended coverage, fire coverage, theft coverage
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(scope) noun
accommodation, act of compassing, act of comprehending, act of containing, act of embracing, act of encircling, act of encompassing, act of engrossing, act of spanning, act of subsuming, act of surrounding, ambit, bounds, capacity, circulation, circumscription, composition, comprehension, comprehensiveness, comprisal, domain, dominion, embodiment, embrace, enclosure, encompassment, envelopment, expanse, extent of view, fact of comprehending, field, formation, grasp, inclusion, inclusiveness, inclusivity, incorporation, latitude, measure, participation, province, purview, range, range of view, reach, realm, region, room, space, sphere, spread, sweep, that which is comprehended, view, volume, wide currency, zone
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index
extent
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.In insurance, the amount that the insurer is prepared to pay for a particular loss.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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The risks that are included in the terms of an insurance contract for protection under the policy; the amount and type of insurance.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The risks that are included in the terms of an insurance contract for protection under the policy; the amount and type of insurance.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.