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indemnity

[in-dem-ni-tee] / ɪnˈdɛm nɪ ti /
NOUN
reimbursement
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Offerings known as indemnity plans might pay only a set amount toward a medical service, leaving you on the hook for the rest of the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

The added coverage External link includes new protection specifically related to wartime conditions in the form of war hull risk insurance, protection and indemnity, and cargo insurance.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

For Medicare Advantage customers, the extra insurance needed is coverage for hospital indemnity or specific major illnesses like cancer, so people don’t face high copays if they get sick.

From MarketWatch Oct. 15, 2025

They argue CalGEM’s determination means CRC must obtain, at most, a $30-million indemnity bond — an agreement in which a financial backer assumes responsibility for plugging the wells if CRC files for bankruptcy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2024

He saw them in his mind’s eye; he read the fire indemnity coverage, and added them up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"Recognising that UNRWA's financial situation remains dire, the agency took a decision which at least allows them to access financial resources rapidly, including separation indemnities."

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

So they scope out threats to their indemnities against weather and other disasters and ensure the cost of premiums reflects the odds of risk.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2023

Independence came at a tremendous cost, however, since France forced the new republic to pay steep indemnities to compensate French citizens for their property losses for many years, impoverishing the new nation.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

Using temperature records and Department of Agriculture data on crop insurance payments, or indemnities, the researchers examined the relationship between insurance losses and temperature variations at the county level during all 26 growing seasons.

From Scientific American Aug. 6, 2021

These well busked hooks have caught many; of which sort have been many banded indemnities, and easily swallowed oaths thereunto appended.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields




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