wrong legal injury damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
injury | wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted |
injury | an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage |
industrial arts | a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools |
industrialization industrialisation industrial enterprise | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
industrial watercourse | a canal that is operated by one or more industries |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
industrial engineering industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
applied psychology industrial psychology | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
injury accidental injury | an accident that results in physical damage or hurt |
wound injury combat injury | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat |
military-industrial complex | a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex--Dwight David Eisenhower |
insurance company insurance firm insurer insurance underwriter underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO | a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
Industrial Workers of the World IWW I.W.W. | a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States, founded in Chicago inand dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, its membership declined after World War I |
industrial park | a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories |
insurance broker insurance agent general agent underwriter | an agent who sells insurance |
premium insurance premium | payment for insurance |
coverage insurance coverage | the total amount and type of insurance carried |
insurance | promise of reimbursement in the case of loss, paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company |
automobile insurance car insurance | insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents |
no fault insurance no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
business interruption insurance | insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commercial activities due to the occurrence of a peril |
fire insurance | insurance against loss due to fire |
group insurance | insurance that is purchased by a group (such as the employees of a company) usually at a reduced rate to individual members of the group |
hazard insurance | insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires |
health insurance | insurance against loss due to ill health |
hospitalization insurance hospitalization | insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense |
liability insurance | insurance that provides protection from claims arising from injuries or damage to other people or property |
life insurance life assurance | insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies, in England they call life insurance life assurance |
endowment insurance | life insurance for a specified amount which is payable to the insured person at the expiration of a certain period of time or to a designated beneficiary immediately upon the death of the insured |
tontine tontine insurance | a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members |
whole life insurance ordinary life insurance straight life insurance | insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured |
malpractice insurance | insurance purchased by physicians and hospitals to cover the cost of being sued for malpractice, obstetricians have to pay high rates for malpractice insurance |
self-insurance | insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy |
term insurance | lowost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value, term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies |
industrial process | a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something |
occupational disease industrial disease | disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) |