assurance
Từ điển Collocation
assurance noun
1 promise
ADJ. absolute, categorical, clear, firm, full | further, repeated | formal, official, personal, verbal, written He gave me his personal assurance that the vehicle was safe.
VERB + ASSURANCE have We now have a firm assurance of support from the government. | give sb, offer sb, provide | gain, get, obtain, receive | ask for, demand, seek, want | accept, be satisfied with They accepted his assurance that patients would be treated as soon as possible. | go back on, renege on He accused the minister of reneging on assurances given earlier.
PREP. ~ about an assurance about the safety of this equipment | ~ by/from assurances from the head teacher
PHRASES despite/in spite of assurances Despite assurances from the government, the chemicals are known to be dangerous.
2 feeling of calm and confidence
ADJ. calm, quiet She spoke with calm assurance.
VERB + ASSURANCE have | show Even at a very young age she showed a great deal of assurance.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
after that failure he lost his confidence
she spoke with authority
- a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; pledge
an assurance of help when needed
signed a pledge never to reveal the secret
- a statement intended to inspire confidence
the President's assurances were not respected
- a British term for some kinds of insurance
Investopedia Financial Terms
Assurance
Coverage of an event that is certain to happen. Assurance is similar to insurance (and sometimes the terms are interchangeable) except that insurance protects policyholders from events that might happen.
Investopedia Says:
For example, a person can choose to purchase life assurance or term life insurance. (Note in the U.K. "life assurance" is another term for "life insurance".) The event in question is the death of the person the policy covers. Since the death of this person is certain, a life assurance policy results in payment to the beneficiary when the policyholder dies. A term life insurance policy, however, will cover a set period of time, such as 30 years, from the time the policy was bought. If the policyholder dies during that time, the beneficiary receives money, but if the policyholder dies after the 30 years, no money is received. The assurance policy covers an event that will happen no matter what, while the insurance policy covers a event that might happen (the policyholder might die within the next 30 years).
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
assurances
ant.: diffidence