"self-insure" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "self-insures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "self-insure (third-person singular simple present self-insures, present participle self-insuring, simple past and past participle self-insured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company)."
      ],
      "id": "en-self-insure-en-verb-WI~lX5Nd",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "self-insurance"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-insure"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "self-insures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insuring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-insured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "self-insure (third-person singular simple present self-insures, present participle self-insuring, simple past and past participle self-insured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "self-insurance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-insure"
}