n
Obsolete form of affirmance. [(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation]
n
Obsolete form of approvance. [(archaic) Approval.]
n
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
v
(obsolete, transitive) To make safe or sure; to assure.
n
Eye dialect spelling of assurance. [The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence.]
v
Obsolete form of assure. [(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.]
n
(obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
n
Obsolete form of assurance. [The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence.]
n
(obsolete) The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
n
(finance) A claim that can be made when certain specified outcomes occur. It depends on the state of nature of the financial claim.
n
A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life insurance companies.
n
Insurance policies of this kind.
n
A joint-stock company on the insurance principle, serving as security for the integrity of cashiers, etc.
n
Obsolete form of insurance. [A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.]
n
(law) Income that a plaintiff in a lawsuit would have received but for the actions of the defendant, and for which the defendant is therefore liable.
adj
Alternative form of no-fault [(law, of vehicle insurance) In which a claimant is compensated for actual economic loss without blame being assigned to a particular party.]
adj
(law, of vehicle insurance) In which a claimant is compensated for actual economic loss without blame being assigned to a particular party.
n
(law, insurance) Reinsurance.
n
A surety for one's appearance on an assigned day.
n
(law) Damages that can be quantified precisely, including such things as plaintiff's medical expenses, lost wages, and similar out-of-pocket costs (as contrasted with general damages, such as pain and suffering, which must be estimated).
n
A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
n
Obsolete form of usance. [The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange.]
n
Obsolete form of utterance. [An act of uttering.]
n
(obsolete) authority; security; warranty
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