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self-insure

self-insure verb: to choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company). Usually the concept of accumulated capital is involved.

Verb

self-insure (third-person singular simple present self-insures, present participle self-insuring, simple past and past participle self-insured)

  1. To choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company). Usually the concept of accumulated capital is involved.

Forms of self-insure

third-person singular presentself-insures
present participleself-insuring
past participleself-insured
pastself-insured

Questions about self-insure

What does self-insure mean?
Self-insure means to choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company). Usually the concept of accumulated capital is involved.
What part of speech is self-insure?
Self-insure is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-insure?
The past tense of self-insure is self-insured.

Words near self-insure in the dictionary

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

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