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insurability

[in-shoor-uh-buhl, -shur-]

in·sur·a·ble

[in-shoor-uh-buhl, -shur-]
adjective
capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.

Origin:
1800–10; insure + -able

in·sur·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·in·sur·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·in·sur·a·ble, adjective
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Insurability is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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insure (ɪnˈʃʊə, -ˈʃɔː)
 
vb
1.  (often foll by against) to guarantee or protect (against risk, loss, etc): we insured against disappointment by making an early reservation
2.  (often foll by against) to issue (a person) with an insurance policy or take out an insurance policy (on): his house was heavily insured against fire; after all his car accidents the company refuses to insure him again
3.  ensure another word (esp US) for ensure
 
in'surable
 
adj
 
insura'bility
 
n

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