rain dance | a ritual dance intended to bring rain |
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 |
rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
rain gauge rain gage pluviometer udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
rain pelting | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive, a rain of bullets, a pelting of insults |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
policy insurance policy insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
insurance company insurance firm insurer insurance underwriter underwriter | a financial institution that sells insurance |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
rain forest rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
rain shadow | an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it |
nimbus nimbus cloud rain cloud | a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
Jupiter Pluvius Rain-giver | an epithet for Jupiter |
insurance broker insurance agent general agent underwriter | an agent who sells insurance |
Rain-in-the-Face | a chief of the Sioux, he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn () when General Custer's troops were massacred (-) |
rain rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
shower rain shower | a brief period of precipitation, the game was interrupted by a brief shower |
rain tree saman monkeypod monkey pod zaman zamang Albizia saman | large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle |
common laburnum golden chain golden rain Laburnum anagyroides | an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum, often cultivated for Easter decorations |
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 |
rain-wash | the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain |
acid rain acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
indemnity insurance | protection against future loss |