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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 expanded plan now includes war hull risk, protection and indemnity, and cargo insurance, with Chubb as the lead underwriter.

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

In a statement, DoH said the 2025/26 GMS contract had an additional £9.5m investment, including £5m additional investment in GP indemnity costs.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025

If they got caught by the COs, their mental status was a kind of indemnity.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

"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

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

Thus, many Germans felt they had been wronged twice: they had not “really” lost the war, yet they were forced to pay outrageous indemnities to the “victors.”

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

His right to the premiums is correlative to the obligation to pay the stipulated indemnities, while his liabilities are based upon probable losses occurring successively.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan




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