| 单词 | self-insure |
| 释义 | self-insure verb[IorT] INSURANCEukusto notbuyinsuranceagainst aparticularrisk: Lastyear, thecompanydecidedto self-insure,coveringits150employees'healthbillsitself. self-insurernoun[C] Thechangesincreasedtheobligationof self-insurers to makeimprovementsinoccupationalhealthandsafety. Examplesofself-insureself-insure Many of the uninsured are well-to-do young people who simply choose toself-insure, and many more are already eligible for public programs. From theCambridge English Corpus Savings are the only way toself-insureagainst the risks associated with uncertain lifetime and the earning shocks. From theCambridge English Corpus Decreasing risk aversion and greater ability toself-insuregives wealthy households less incentive to invest in a portfolio of crop varieties. From theCambridge English Corpus Like his high-income counterpart he faces a trade-off between maximizing versus insuring his retirement income, but he may have greater capacity toself-insure. From theCambridge English Corpus They also may reflect income smoothing and insurance through off-farm work activities, which decrease households' need toself-insurethrough crop diversification. From theCambridge English Corpus The households thus save toself-insureagainst labor earnings shocks and life-span risk, for retirement, and possibly to leave bequests to their children. From theCambridge English Corpus In the environment where future earnings are uncertain and insurance markets are incomplete, they accumulate wealth in order toself-insureagainst such uncertainty (the precautionary motive of savings). From theCambridge English Corpus The magazine followed the revelations with advice to its readers on how to limit disclosure of health information by their doctors' offices, insurance companies, and employers whoself-insure(22,628). From theCambridge English Corpus Insurance institutions which did not offer contributors a 'fair bet' (an expected value of benefits proportional to contributions) would see those with low expected benefits turn to competitors orself-insure. From theCambridge English Corpus How can a small company such as thisself-insure? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the event, the council did not purchase the policy, and decided toself-insureout of the contingency reserve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no plans to make individualsself-insure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At this point the insured couldself-insureand discontinue the life insurance program. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Employers thatself-insuremay carry excess insurance for occurrences that generate unacceptably large losses for the employer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With such policies, the insured is essentially agreeing toself-insureand self-defend for smaller claims, and to tender only for liability claims that exceed a certain number. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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