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Assurance. [Obs.] Shak.

spire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay.

Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance…

dertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.

One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.] Dryden. hose bold insurancers of deathless fame. Blair.

Previous assurance. Coleridge.

Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. Prynne.

Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void upon its expiration.

Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or full tontine, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the su…

Wildcat insurance.

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

One who takes out a life assurance policy.

ecognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. "Auricular assurance." Shak.

The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance.…

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.