"reinsurance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reinsurances [plural]
Etymology: re- + insurance Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|insurance}} re- + insurance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reinsurance (countable and uncountable, plural reinsurances)
  1. (business, insurance) Insurance purchased by insurance companies that spreads the risk associated with selling insurance around so the danger of one large monetary loss is minimized. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Insurance Derived forms: Re Translations (insurance purchased by insurance companies): إِعَادَةُ تَأْمِين (ʔiʕādatu taʔmīn) [feminine] (Arabic), презастраховане (prezastrahovane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), herverzekering [feminine] (Dutch), jälleenvakuutus (Finnish), réassurance [feminine] (French), Rückversicherung [feminine] (German), αντασφάλεια (antasfáleia) [feminine] (Greek), riassicurazione [feminine] (Italian), reasekuracja [feminine] (Polish), перестрахо́вка (perestraxóvka) [feminine] (Russian), перестрахова́ние (perestraxovánije) [neuter] (Russian), återförsäkring [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reinsurance-en-noun-TdNQV3tE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Topics: business, insurance

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