Assurance

Word ASSURANCE
Character 9
Hyphenation as sur ance
Pronunciations /əˈʃɔːɹəns/

Definitions and meanings of "Assurance"

What do we mean by assurance?

A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge. noun

Freedom from doubt; certainty about something. noun

Self-confidence. noun

Insurance, especially life insurance. noun

The act of assuring; a formal or earnest statement intended to produce belief or conviction; a positive declaration intended to give confidence: as, I trusted to his assurances. noun

Pledge; guaranty; surety. noun

Affiance; betrothal. noun

In law, documentary evidence of the title or right of possession of property. noun

Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on the occurrence of a certain event, as loss or death. noun

Certain proof; clear evidence; positive demonstration; undeniable grounds for belief or trust; assuredness. noun

Firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certain expectation; the utmost certainty. noun

Especially Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage. noun

Freedom from timidity or bashfulness; laudable confidence; self-reliance. noun

Excess of boldness; impudence: as, his assurance is intolerable. noun

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. noun

The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. noun

Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. noun

Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity. noun

Betrothal; affiance. noun

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity

Betrothal; affiance.

Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

Subjective certainty of one's salvation.

Insurance for your ass. Urban Dictionary

A word that some lawyer messed up Urban Dictionary

1. to make safe (as from risks or against overthrow) : insure 2. to give confidence to 3. to make sure or certain : convince 4. to inform positively 5. to make certain the coming or attainment of : guarantee Urban Dictionary

How "sure" you are on a particular subject Urban Dictionary

A phrase that is utilized to express positiveness, a guarantee, or just general "knowing" of a person, subject, or event. Urban Dictionary

Normally heard in the context of `mutually assured destruction`; when something is mutually assured, it is guaranteed to happen to both parties involved. This phrase is normally linked to discussions involving nuclear weapons, where `mutually assured destruction` means that we are all guaranteed to die. Urban Dictionary

Confidence in yourself and your abilities Urban Dictionary

An agreement between two groups of people that one thing or outcome is guaranteed to happen or be true. Urban Dictionary

In yester-year, when an honorary member of the Bro's of the Round Table became acquainted with a lady, and courted her in the finest eatery's of their time, if getting some booty was on the cards that night, coin would be assured. Urban Dictionary

Similar to the phrase, rest assured, only referring to confirmation a chick's breasts are real Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Assurance

The word "assurance" in example sentences

The promise that his house should be blessed was intended as a compensation for the disappointment of his wish to build the temple, and hence this assurance is appropriately repeated at the conclusion of the prophet's address [Bertheau]. ❋ Unknown (1871)

'I suspect, however, that, if we were able to get a bird's-eye view of his mind and all its workings, we should discover that what he called assurance was not the condition you would call such. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Although I would agree that quality assurance is a different activity, with a different purpose, than creating quality, I believe it is an absolutely necessary activity nonetheless. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But at the same time – the assurance from a beta reader that I have a good piece, energises me to keep working at it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"This assurance is critical to mitigate the potential harm to consumers from the collection of payload data," said the FTC's David Vladeck wrote. ❋ Cecilia Kang (2010)

As illustrated by the BP disaster, we when, as a society, push technology to its limits on a large scale, for whatever reason, the implications of a technological or systems failure are getting to the point where we require absolute safety in operation of those systems – and obtaining such assurance is never inexpensive … and sometimes not even possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"This assurance is critical to mitigate the potential harm to consumers from the collection of payload data," the FTC said. ❋ Brent Kendall (2010)

Combine this with her vain assurance that her own children are sure to be beautiful and intelligent, when, on the basis of genetics, this is far from assured. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Females and their offspring receive resources and protection from the male (paternal investment), while males gain assurance of a genetic legacy (paternity certainty). ❋ Matt J. Rossano (2010)

"This assurance is critical to mitigate the potential harm to consumers from the collection of payload data," David Vladeck, head of the FTC's Consumer Protection Bureau, wrote in closing the review. ❋ Cecilia Kang (2010)

This assurance from the Fed gives them every reason to pull similar tricks again. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This assurance is part of a legal clause called Maintenance of Effort (MOE) to show that the State will maintain support for education, clarified in pages upon pages of legal explanations issued by the federal government, including how the State could have requested a Waiver of the MOE requirements. ❋ Barbara Ann Radnofsky (2010)

Buy assurance to [provide] [insurance] to [cover your ass]. ❋ Tirol Ski (2007)

what was that againg? [uhh] sure-ance? ❋ Yeap (2004)

2 : and [hereby] we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts — 1 John 3:19 3 : He [glanced] back to assure himself that no [onw] was following. 4 : I assure you that we can do it. 5 : The man worked hard to assure accuracy. ❋ Saugirl (2010)

My assurity is low on how [successful] [rocket] [boots] will be. ❋ William M. Buttlicker (2009)

Jake: "Was the party at [TJ's] really as [cool as] everyone said it was?" [Dre]: "Hell yeah man. Everyone was having a good time." Jake: "Man, for real? And I missed it?!" Dre: "Rest Assured Jake. You missed more than you'll ever know..." ❋ Stunna3098 (2011)

Hindsight is always 20-20 But looking [back it's] still a bit fuzzy Speak of [mutually assured destruction]? [Nice story]...tell it to Reader's Digest! - Megadeth, _Sweating Bullets_ ❋ Wingchild (2003)

But for girls who lack that armor of [self-assurance], the [insecurity] I felt after reading [Seventeen] must have been even more unbearable. ❋ Weeheh (2014)

It was mutually assured by [yo mama] and I that [you're a] [homo]. ❋ Firex (2003)

Bro: I'm taking [Wonda] out tonight... [Bro's] of the [Round Table]: Where you takin' this girl? Bro: Taco Bell Bro's of the Round Table: Taco Bell? Coin is assured. ❋ Brospect (2011)

I [thought] she [paid] for those, but breast assured, they are [real]! ❋ GlazeHer (2015)

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