re-insure

2 definitions found

re-insure - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  re-insure \re-insure\ v.
     1. to provide additional insurance for.
  
     Syn: reinsure.
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     2. to insure again by transferring to another insurance
        company all or a part of a liability assumed.
  
     Syn: reinsure.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Reinsure \Re`in*sure"\ (-sh?r"), v. t.
     1. To insure again after a former insurance has ceased; to
        renew insurance on.
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     2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has
        taken an insurance risk upon it.
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              The insurer may cause the property insured to be
              reinsured by other persons.           --Walsh.
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