private treaty | a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency |
private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
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 |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
private line | a telephone line serving a single subscriber |
genitalia genital organ genitals private parts privates crotch | external sex organ |
private nuisance | a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
insurance company insurance firm insurer insurance underwriter underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
security force private security force | a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
closed corporation close corporation private corporation privately held corporation | a corporation owned by a few people, shares have no public market |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
private foundation | a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public |
private school | a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition |
coach private instructor tutor | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) |
insurance broker insurance agent general agent underwriter | an agent who sells insurance |
private citizen | a citizen who does not hold any official or public position |
private buck private common soldier | an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines, our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value |
private detective PI private eye private investigator operative shamus sherlock | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
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 |
indemnity insurance | protection against future loss |
competitive free-enterprise(a) private-enterprise(a) | subscribing to capitalistic competition |
secret private | not expressed, secret (or private) thoughts |
individual(a) private | concerning one person exclusively, we all have individual cars, each room has a private bath |
private | concerning things deeply private and personal, private correspondence, private family matters |