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self-insurance

self-insurance noun: the practice of choosing to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company).

Noun

self-insurance (uncountable)

  1. The practice of choosing to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company).

self-insurance meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

self-insurance in Tamil

தற்காப்பீடு

self-insurance in Gujarati

self-insurance
સ્વવીમો svavīmo

Questions about self-insurance

What does self-insurance mean?
Self-insurance means the practice of choosing to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company).
What is self-insurance in Tamil?
Self-insurance in Tamil is தற்காப்பீடு. See Self-insurance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-insurance?
Self-insurance is a noun.

Words near self-insurance in the dictionary

  1. self-inserted
  2. self-inserting
  3. self-insertion
  4. self-insertions
  5. self-inserts
  6. self-insurance
  7. self-insure
  8. self-insured
  9. self-insures
  10. self-insuring
  11. self-intensifier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-insurance (page history and authors); self-insurance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સ્વવીમો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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