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indemnity

[in-dem-ni-tee] / ɪnˈdɛm nɪ ti /
NOUN
reimbursement
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Nicklin rejected requests by Harry and the others to pay on a standard basis, instead favouring arguments by ANL that its costs should be repaid on a stricter so-called indemnity basis.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

The process of indemnity was scheduled to be completed by May 1991, and the government also agreed to review the Internal Security Act.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"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

Following the precedent she had laid down, in 1870, after her triumph over France, Germany would undoubtedly have exacted from her fallen enemies, billions and billions of dollars as indemnities of war.

From England, Canada and the Great War by Louis-Georges Desjardins


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