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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Reinsurance

/(-sh?r"ans)/ · Re·in·sur·ance · IPA /ˌɹi.ɪnˈʃʊɹ.əns/
01 n. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
  1. 1.
    Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
  2. 2.
    A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance. See: Reassurance