单词 | insurer |
释义 | insurern. One who or that which insures. 1. One who or that which makes sure or certain, guarantees, etc.: see the verb. Now rare in gen. sense, except as transferred from 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > source of assurer1607 insurer1654 ensurancer1665 insurancer1685 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. xi. §3. 231 This befals them, when beautie..proves an insurer of the lastingness of this life. 1754 W. Hay Deformity 25 O Temperance!.. Thou Prolonger of Life! Thou Insurer of Pleasure! Thou Promoter of Business! 1880 G. H. Preble Hist. Flag 164 The mysterious Scandinavian standard..the supposed insurer of victory..was on board his [Sweyn's] ship. 1894 Forum (N.Y.) 659 A democratic form of government is no better than an aristocratic or a monarchical form as an insurer against our human nature. 2. Commerce. One who contracts, in consideration of the payment of a premium, to indemnify a person against pecuniary loss in the event of destruction of or damage to property, or against a particular event (see insure v. 4); an underwriter. Also called Assurer (Assuror), which is preferred by many in connection with life insurance. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures (himself) insurer1649 ensurer1654 assurant1863 assurer1865 hedger1874 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ii. 50 I will once set up the Ensurers office, that whatever goes out on that voyage, shall never misse to come home with gain. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 35 Wouldest thou have a Policy on Heaven?..make the Poore thy Ensurers.] 1663 S. Pepys Diary 1 Dec. (1971) IV. 403 His ship..is now brought by one sent over on purpose by the Insurers, into the Thames—with her cargo. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1517/4 The said Insurers have agreed, That such persons as shall subscribe..shall have the like benefit of a years purchase. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 635 That instead of the common insurers on the Exchange, who take from £10 to £40 per cent., that his majestie be the insurer him~selfe at £5 per cent. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 7 The Intent and Meaning of those who pay a valuable Consideration for Insurance, is, that the Insurers shall stand in their Place and Stead. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 941 But if a ship..does all in her power to rejoin the convoy, this will be considered as a sufficient compliance with the warranty, so as to render the insurers liable. 1842 Sir J. A. Park's Mar. Insur. (ed. 8) I. i. 33 The insurers were held liable for an accident which happened to the goods on board the lighters. 1899 H. W. Manley in Insurance Rec. 1 Dec. 563 According to the principles of the construction of the English language, the insurer is the one who insures, that is, in life and fire insurance, the company. 3. One who insures (his own or another's) life, or who pays for the insurance of his property from loss at sea, fire, etc.In order to distinguish this from the preceding sense, insurance offices, etc., usually employ the term assured or insured; insuree, insurant have also been substituted, or 2 and 3 distinguished as assurer (-or) and insurer: see note to insurance n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else assuror1622 insurer1753 assurer1827 1753 Scots Mag. Apr. 164/2 Every..insurer shall be entitled to have the premium which was paid.., imputed for insuring any other house. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 262 Every insurer signs a deed of settlement, by which he is not only insured, but insures all that have signed that deed, from losses in their houses by fire. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 49 The Sun, the London, and the Rock, The Pelican, which nought can shock, Th' Exchange, where old insurers flock, The Eagle, where the new. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 559/2 The great bulk of insurers are between 27 and 40, the time about which men in this country begin to feel the responsibilities of a family. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 187 Lloyd's was originally a coffee-house at which insurers and underwriters met. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649 |
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