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assurance
(mass) | assurance
- istota, pojistenie, zaistenie |
assurance
(encz) | assurance,jistota n: Zdeněk Brož |
assurance
(encz) | assurance,pojištění Zdeněk Brož |
assurance
(encz) | assurance,ujištění |
assurance
(encz) | assurance,zajištění vv |
assurance
(encz) | assurance,záruka |
Assurance
(gcide) | Assurance \As*sur"ance\, n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr.
assurer. See Assure.]
1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full
confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
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Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in
that he hath raised him from the dead. --Acts xvii.
31.
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Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
--Macaulay.
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2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full
confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
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Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience. --Heb. x. 22.
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3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity;
courage; confidence; self-reliance.
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Brave men meet danger with assurance. --Knolles.
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Conversation with the world will give them knowledge
and assurance. --Locke.
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4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance
is intolerable.
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5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion
of a certain event, as loss or death.
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Note: 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. See Insurance.
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7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the
conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
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Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of
property are called the common assurances of the
kingdom. --Blackstone.
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assurance
(wn) | assurance
n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
"his assurance in his superiority did not make him
popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she
spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance,
confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]
2: a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something;
"an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to
reveal the secret" [syn: assurance, pledge]
3: a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's
assurances were not respected"
4: a British term for some kinds of insurance |
ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | ASSURANCE, com. law. Insurance. (q.v.)
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ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | ASSURANCE, conveyancing. This is called a common assurance. But the term
assurances includes, in an enlarged sense, all instruments which dispose of
property, whether they be the grants of private persons, or not; such are
fines and recoveries, and private acts of the legislature. Eunom. Dial. 2,
s. 5.
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assurances
(encz) | assurances,přísliby n: pl. Zdeněk Brožassurances,záruky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
financial assurances
(encz) | financial assurances, |
financing assurances
(encz) | financing assurances, |
life assurance
(encz) | life assurance, n: |
quality assurance
(encz) | quality assurance,zajištění jakosti [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačquality assurance,zajištění kvality Zdeněk Brož |
reassurance
(encz) | reassurance,ujištění n: Zdeněk Brožreassurance,uklidnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
self-assurance
(encz) | self-assurance,sebejistota n: |
Assurance
(gcide) | Assurance \As*sur"ance\, n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr.
assurer. See Assure.]
1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full
confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
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Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in
that he hath raised him from the dead. --Acts xvii.
31.
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Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
--Macaulay.
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2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full
confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
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Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience. --Heb. x. 22.
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3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity;
courage; confidence; self-reliance.
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Brave men meet danger with assurance. --Knolles.
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Conversation with the world will give them knowledge
and assurance. --Locke.
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4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance
is intolerable.
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5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion
of a certain event, as loss or death.
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Note: 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. See Insurance.
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7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the
conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
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Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of
property are called the common assurances of the
kingdom. --Blackstone.
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Collateral assurance
(gcide) | Collateral \Col*lat"er*al\ (k[o^]l*l[a^]t"[~e]r*al), a. [LL.
collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as,
collateral pressure. "Collateral light." --Shak.
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2. Acting in an indirect way.
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If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction. --Shak.
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3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or
matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief
or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
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That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on
the main question, and on all the collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
--Macaulay.
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4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something
else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
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Yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely tale.
--Wordsworth.
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5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor,
but not in the same line or branch or one from the other;
-- opposed to lineal.
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Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct
line; collateral relations spring from a common
ancestor, but from different branches of that common
stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are
collateral relations, having different fathers, but a
common grandfather. --Blackstone.
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Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
Collateral issue. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
Collateral security, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security.
collateral damage, (Mil.) damage caused by a military
operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not
themselves the intended target of the attack.
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Endowment assurance
(gcide) | Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From Insure.]
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1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage
by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a
stipulated consideration, called premium, one party
undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss
by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
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Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is
termed the insurer; the danger against which he
undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the
insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the
premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form,
the policy. --Johnson's Cyc.
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2. The premium paid for insuring property or life.
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3. The sum for which life or property is insured.
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4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.]
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The most acceptable insurance of the divine
protection. --Mickle.
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5. Hence: Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution;
as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against
injury.
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Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by
reason of accident to the person.
Endowment insurance or Endowment assurance, a combination
of life insurance and investment such that if the person
upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain
specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if
he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. Also
called whole life insurance.
Fire insurance. See under Fire.
Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance.
Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business
it is to insure against loss, damage, or death.
Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document
containing the contract made by an insurance company with
a person whose property or life is insured.
Life insurance. See under Life.
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Life assurance
(gcide) | Life \Life\ (l[imac]f), n.; pl. Lives (l[imac]vz). [AS.
l[imac]f; akin to D. lijf body, G. leib body, MHG. l[imac]p
life, body, OHG. l[imac]b life, Icel. l[imac]f, life, body,
Sw. lif, Dan. liv, and E. live, v. [root]119. See Live, and
cf. Alive.]
1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or
germination, and ends with death; also, the time during
which this state continues; that state of an animal or
plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of
performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all
animal and vegetable organisms.
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2. Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the
duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality
or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an
immortal life.
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She shows a body rather than a life. --Shak.
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3. (Philos.) The potential principle, or force, by which the
organs of animals and plants are started and continued in
the performance of their several and cooperative
functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical
or spiritual.
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4. Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also,
the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of
as resembling a natural organism in structure or
functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book;
authority is the life of government.
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5. A certain way or manner of living with respect to
conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation,
etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered
collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a
good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
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That which before us lies in daily life. --Milton.
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By experience of life abroad in the world. --Ascham.
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Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime. --Longfellow.
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'T is from high life high characters are drawn.
--Pope
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6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
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No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words.
--Felton.
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That gives thy gestures grace and life.
--Wordsworth.
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7. That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon
which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of
the company, or of the enterprise.
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8. The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a
picture or a description from, the life.
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9. A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many
lives were sacrificed.
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10. The system of animal nature; animals in general, or
considered collectively.
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Full nature swarms with life. --Thomson.
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11. An essential constituent of life, esp: the blood.
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The words that I speak unto you . . . they are
life. --John vi. 63.
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The warm life came issuing through the wound.
--Pope
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12. A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography;
as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
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13. Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a
spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God;
heavenly felicity.
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14. Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; --
used as a term of endearment.
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Note: Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the
most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving,
life-sustaining, etc.
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Life annuity, an annuity payable during one's life.
Life arrow, Life rocket, Life shot, an arrow, rocket,
or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in
distress in order to save life.
Life assurance. See Life insurance, below.
Life buoy. See Buoy.
Life car, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line
from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it person are
hauled through the waves and surf.
Life drop, a drop of vital blood. --Byron.
Life estate (Law), an estate which is held during the term
of some certain person's life, but does not pass by
inheritance.
Life everlasting (Bot.), a plant with white or yellow
persistent scales about the heads of the flowers, as
Antennaria, and Gnaphalium; cudweed.
Life of an execution (Law), the period when an execution is
in force, or before it expires.
Life guard. (Mil.) See under Guard.
Life insurance, the act or system of insuring against
death; a contract by which the insurer undertakes, in
consideration of the payment of a premium (usually at
stated periods), to pay a stipulated sum in the event of
the death of the insured or of a third person in whose
life the insured has an interest.
Life interest, an estate or interest which lasts during
one's life, or the life of another person, but does not
pass by inheritance.
Life land (Law), land held by lease for the term of a life
or lives.
Life line.
(a) (Naut.) A line along any part of a vessel for the
security of sailors.
(b) A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving
apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water.
Life rate, rate of premium for insuring a life.
Life rent, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to
which one is entitled during one's life.
Life school, a school for artists in which they model,
paint, or draw from living models.
Lifetable, a table showing the probability of life at
different ages.
To lose one's life, to die.
To seek the life of, to seek to kill.
To the life, so as closely to resemble the living person or
the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life.
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Preassurance
(gcide) | Preassurance \Pre`as*sur"ance\, n.
Previous assurance. --Coleridge.
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Reassurance
(gcide) | Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"ans), n.
1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. --Prynne.
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2. (Law) Same as Reinsurance.
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life assurance
(wn) | life assurance
n 1: insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured
person dies; "in England they call life insurance life
assurance" [syn: life insurance, life assurance] |
reassurance
(wn) | reassurance
n 1: the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence |
self-assurance
(wn) | self-assurance
n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
"his assurance in his superiority did not make him
popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she
spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance,
confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness] |
project assurance
(foldoc) | project assurance
The process of specifying the support system: techniques,
internal standards, measurements, tools, and training for a
project; counselling the project team in the application of
these elements and monitoring the adherence to the standards.
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quality assurance
(foldoc) | quality assurance
(QA) A planned and systematic pattern of all actions
necessary to provide adequate confidence that the product
optimally fulfils customers' expectations, i.e. that it is
problem-free and well able to perform the task it was designed
for.
The QA of a commercial product usually involves {alpha
testing}, where an early version of the product is tested at
the developer's site, and is then improved accordingly. Then,
an almost complete version of the product is made available
for beta testing by (selected) real users. Faults
identified during beta testing should be fixed before the
product is released for full scale manufacturing and
distribution.
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ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | ASSURANCE, com. law. Insurance. (q.v.)
ASSURANCE, conveyancing. This is called a common assurance. But the term
assurances includes, in an enlarged sense, all instruments which dispose of
property, whether they be the grants of private persons, or not; such are
fines and recoveries, and private acts of the legislature. Eunom. Dial. 2,
s. 5.
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COLLATERAL ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | COLLATERAL ASSURANCE, contracts. That which is made over and above the deed
itself.
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COMMON ASSURANCES
(bouvier) | COMMON ASSURANCES. Title by deeds are so called, because, it is said, every
man ' s estate is assured to him; these deed's or instruments operate either
as conveyances or as charges.
2.- 1. Deeds of conveyance are, first, at common law, and include
feoffments, gifts, grants, leases, exchanges, partition's, releases,
confirmations, surrenders, assignments, and defeasances; secondly, deeds of
conveyance under the statute of uses, as covenants to stand seised to uses,
bargains and sale, lease and release, deeds to lead or declare uses, and
deeds of appointment and revocation.
3. - 2. Deeds which do not convoy, but only charge or discharge lands,
are obligations, recognizances, and defeasances. Vide Assurance; Deed.
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FURTHER ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | FURTHER ASSURANCE. This phrase is frequently used in covenants, when a
covenantor has granted an estate, and it is supposed some further conveyance
may be required. He then enters into a covenant for further assurance, that
is, to make any other conveyance which may be lawfully required.
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LIFE-ASSURANCE
(bouvier) | LIFE-ASSURANCE. An insurance of a life, upon the payment of a premium; this
may be for the whole life, or for a limited time. On the death of the person
whose life has been insured, during the time for which it is insured, the
insurer is bound to pay to the insured. the money agreed upon. See 1 Bouv.
Inst. n. 1231.
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REASSURANCE
(bouvier) | REASSURANCE. When an insurer is desirous of lessening his liability, he may
procure some other insurer to insure him from loss, for the insurance he has
made this is called reassurance.
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