indemnity
Security from damage, loss, or penaltySecurity from damage, loss, or penalty.
» Indemnity insurance policies protect the insured person, or the insured person's own property.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
Near-synonyms: insurance, assurance
(countable, uncountable)An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
Near-synonyms: liability, responsibility
(countable, uncountable)Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
Near-synonyms: reparations, recompense, recompensation; see also Thesaurus:compensation
Erstattung, Rückzahlung, Kompensation
компенса́цияkompensácija, возмеще́ниеvozmeščénije, вы́платаvýplata
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
(countable, uncountable)The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
гара́нтия от убы́тковgarántija ot ubýtkov, гара́нтия от поте́рьgarántija ot potérʹ, индемните́тindɛmnitét
(countable, uncountable)A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
Schadloshaltung, Indemnität
индемните́тindemnitét
Examples
2 sentencesIndemnity insurance policies protect the insured person, or the insured person's own property.
Types of indemnity insurance include health insurance, disability insurance, fire insurance, and life insurance.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemniFrom late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).
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Forms
plural: indemnities| Singular | indemnity |
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Synonyms
25 synonyms- protection against future loss:insurance
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury:damagesamendsindemnificationrestitutionredress
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable