| 单词 | hazardous insurance |
| 释义 | > as lemmashazardous insurance hazardous insurance n. (a) a life, building, etc., assessed as exposed to more than average risk, for the purposes of insurance; (b) insurance, effected at a high premium, on such a life, building, etc. ΚΠ 1719 N. Lechmere Let. 3 Mar. in Special Rep. Comm. Several Subscriptions Fisheries, Insurances, Annuities (1720) 41 It being always found necessary, in large or hazardous insurances, to obtain great Numbers of Persons to underwrite. ?1740 Proposals Dublin Insurance Company (single sheet) Such Trades carried on, or such Goods deposited in Brick or Stone Buildings..are to pay the annual Premium set down under the Head of Hazardous Insurance. 1786 J. Trusler London Adviser & Guide 11 If there is any part of the building wood or plaster on the outside, hazardous insurance must be paid. 1840 Hand-bk. Trade & Commerce 161 Hazardous insurances include timber buildings, thatched barns and outhouses. 1876 Whitaker's Almanack 217/1 Hazardous Insurances.—At 2s.6d to 3s. per cent. per annum, with certain exceptions. 1953 A. E. Bulau Footpr. Assurance I. 39/1 For the first time fire insurance risks were classified somewhat after the old English system, they being listed and rated as Common Insurances, Hazardous Insurances, Doubly Hazardous Insurances, and Special or Extraordinary Risks. 2001 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 19 June a5 (advt.) Hazardous insurance is required. < as lemmas |
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