Found 4 items, similar to assurance.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: assurance
jaminan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: assurance
jaminan, tanggungan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: assurance
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:
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:
pledge]
3: a statement intended to inspire confidence;
“the President's
assurances were not respected”
4: a British term for some kinds of insurance
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Assurance
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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