REINSURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reinsurance mean? 

• REINSURANCE (noun)
  The noun REINSURANCE has 1 sense:

1. sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured

  Familiarity information: REINSURANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REINSURANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

reinsurance enables a client to get coverage that would be too great for any one company to assume

Hypernyms ("reinsurance" is a kind of...):

insurance (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)

Derivation:

reinsure (insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed)