indemnify

  • 21indemnify — in|dem|ni|fy [ ın demnı,faı ] verb transitive LEGAL 1. ) to provide someone with insurance or protection against injury or loss 2. ) to make a payment to someone who has suffered injury or loss …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22indemnify — in·dem·ni·fy || ɪn demnɪfaɪ v. pay for loss or damage, compensate, reimburse; insure against possible loss or damage …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23indemnify — [ɪn dɛmnɪfʌɪ] verb (indemnifies, indemnifying, indemnified) 1》 compensate (someone) for harm or loss. 2》 secure (someone) against legal responsibility for their actions. Derivatives indemnification noun indemnifier noun …

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  • 24indemnify — v. a. 1. Secure (against loss, injury, or penalty), save harmless. 2. Compensate (for loss or injury), remunerate, reimburse, requite, make good …

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  • 25indemnify — verb indemnified, indemnifying (T) law 1 (+ against/for) to promise to pay someone if something they possess is damaged or lost 2 (+ for) to pay someone money because of loss, injury, or damage that they have suffered …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26indemnify — v 1. compensate, make good, satisfy; reimburse, remunerate, pay, repay, reward, return, pay back; expiate, requite, make restitution, make amends, atone, Inf. make it up to; retaliate, reckon with, take revenge on, take vengeance on, punish. 2.… …

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  • 27indemnify — in·dem·ni·fy …

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  • 28indemnify — in•dem•ni•fy [[t]ɪnˈdɛm nəˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) bus to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc 2) bus to secure against anticipated loss • Etymology: 1605–15; indemn(ity)+ ify in•dem′ni•fi er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29indemnify — /ɪnˈdɛmnəfaɪ / (say in demnuhfuy) verb (t) (indemnified, indemnifying) 1. to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc. 2. to engage to make good or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or… …

  • 30indemnify —    To guarantee against a loss that another might suffer. For example, two parties settle a dispute over a contract, and one of them agrees to pay any claims that may arise from it, deciding to hold harmless the other party …

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