REINSURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does reinsure mean?
• REINSURE (verb)
The verb REINSURE has 3 senses:
1. provide additional insurance for
2. insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
3. insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk
Familiarity information: REINSURE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REINSURE (verb)
Meaning:
Provide additional insurance for
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):
insure (take out insurance for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):
insure (take out insurance for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "reinsure" is one way to...):
cover; insure; underwrite (protect by insurance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
