"self-insure" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: self-insures [present, singular, third-person], self-insuring [participle, present], self-insured [participle, past], self-insured [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-insure (third-person singular simple present self-insures, present participle self-insuring, simple past and past participle self-insured)
  1. To choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company). Usually the concept of accumulated capital is involved. Related terms: reinsure, self-insurance [noun], self-assured

Inflected forms

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