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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
assurance
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
categorical denial/assurance etc
▪ Can you give us a categorical assurance that no jobs will be lost?
life assurance
quality assurance
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
categorical
▪ Can the Minister give us a categorical assurance that that will not happen?
▪ Will my right hon. Friend give me a categorical assurance that that order was decided solely on price?
personal
▪ I must give you my personal assurances that this infant is receiving perfect care.
▪ The personal assurance of the Mamur Zapt.
quality
▪ Chapter 4 comprehensively deals with the crucial topic of quality control and quality assurance.
▪ The elements of quality assurance and the steps to develop a quality assurance program in ambulatory care are described in detail.
▪ Throughout there is an important need to undertake an effective programme of quality assurance.
▪ Administration. Quality assurance must be integrated into local health care management functions. 3.
▪ Other types of articles which feature less often include the computer corner, regional trends, and quality assurance.
▪ The quality assurance coordinator pro-posed to remedy that.
▪ A single, but important, article discussing the quality systems needed for production of reference materials represents quality assurance.
▪ Function. Quality assurance must be an ongoing improvement activity applying multiple methods most suited to content. 5.
■ NOUN
company
▪ These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issued by other life assurance companies or Friendly Societies.
▪ They can buy life assurance companies, run unit trusts and take over or start stockbroking firms.
▪ The inflow to pension funds is combined with the inflow of funds to life assurance companies and is shown in cell 6/3.
▪ Independence - solicitors may not be tied agents or appointed representatives of, for example, a life assurance company.
▪ Life insurance levies Relief for levies imposed under the Lautro Indemnity Scheme will be available for life assurance companies as management expenses.
life
▪ These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issued by other life assurance companies or Friendly Societies.
▪ Some types of life assurance provide a cash payment on a director's retirement to buyout his or her shareholding.
▪ Cancellation rights extended From 20 May, cancellation rights for holders of most new term life assurance policies were extended.
▪ And of course, also increase the life assurance protection for your family.
▪ Priorities Plus combines life assurance with critical illness cover.
▪ How many adverts have you seen recently selling life assurance and pensions, for example?
▪ The inflow to pension funds is combined with the inflow of funds to life assurance companies and is shown in cell 6/3.
policy
▪ Cancellation rights extended From 20 May, cancellation rights for holders of most new term life assurance policies were extended.
▪ The changes can more than halve the money you are allowed to put into a pension term assurance policy.
▪ This award confirms a commitment to clients by offering both products and an after-sales service monitored by a guaranteed quality assurance policy.
▪ Until then, income tax relief had been available on the premiums paid on the majority of life assurance policies.
▪ Few lenders now insist on taking a formal charge over a life assurance policy.
▪ There are various types of life assurance policy to choose from.
scheme
▪ The quality assurance scheme will mean the introduction of new procedures which conform to the Institutes' requirements.
▪ So within the supermarkets' own quality assurance schemes, sewage sludge is likely to be ruled out.
▪ North-east farmers launch beef and lamb quality assurance scheme.
▪ Recently I spent ages looking through a pile of labels trying to find harvest interval information for the cereals assurance scheme.
system
▪ Designed for senior college management it dealt with the design and implementation of internal quality assurance systems for colleges.
▪ Developing Criteria An important step in the development of a quality assurance system is to prepare criteria.
▪ The Quality Audit's main purpose is to look in detail at the centre's internal quality assurance system.
▪ According to Williamson, the five principles generic to any comprehensive quality assurance system relate to the following: 1.
▪ This will involve a detailed examination of process controls in addition to approval of the quality assurance systems.
term
▪ Following the Financial Services Act the range of information available on long term assurance products continues to develop.
▪ The changes can more than halve the money you are allowed to put into a pension term assurance policy.
▪ As well as your pension plan you will also need separate term assurance in case you die before the end of the mortgage term.
▪ But it is a good idea to arrange separate term assurance in case there is another crash on the stock market.
■ VERB
give
▪ Will he ensure - and give me an assurance - that there will be careful monitoring?
▪ But Thompson, associates said, will give strong assurances that he will examine questionable campaign finance practices regardless of party.
▪ She said she was told by a manager that he could not give her such assurances.
▪ The chairman said that on that matter he could not give Mr. Bulmer an assurance.
▪ Will he give an assurance that in future research at Leeds polytechnic will be funded under the new joint proposals?
▪ Mr Lang gave an assurance yesterday that the further allocations will be equal to the amount of grant received.
need
▪ In the short term they need assurance that the payment for past services will be forthcoming.
▪ More importantly, she needs assurance that Alan is doing the right thing.
▪ General practitioners need assurance that control of expenditure will result in the savings being retained in local health care.
▪ For this all one needs is the assurance that a proof using infinitesimals is no worse than one free of infinitesimals.
▪ The loan applicant needs assurance that his proposals for future operations are soundly based.
▪ In the electronic republic, there needs to be assurance of a media environment of wide-open access to send and receive.
▪ As well as your pension plan you will also need separate term assurance in case you die before the end of the mortgage term.
▪ Seven others were slightly tentative about it, with four of those saying they needed assurances they would face no new regulations.
offer
▪ For a while, at least, I think we can offer them assurances that we are taking steps to locate it.
▪ This was a point on which a developer like Zeckendorf could offer some assurance.
▪ But he was glad to have them because they too seemed to offer some assurance that Amy would stay.
▪ Parents who had called their physicians at the first news of the bad Cutter vaccine were offered assurances of all sorts.
provide
▪ There were differences, however, in the assignment of responsibility for providing such assurances.
▪ Furthermore, a valuation merely provides assurance that the transaction was not at an under value but is not a defence.
▪ Membership will provide them the assurance of committed partners as they forge their way.
receive
▪ Mr Maher said he had received assurances from the Government that new legislation on increasing competition would apply to the book agreement.
▪ He has spoken sharply to Mr Dach about it and has received his assurance that such a thing will never happen again.
▪ The hijackers gave themselves up after receiving assurances that they could seek asylum elsewhere.
seek
▪ I seek those assurances from the Minister.
▪ It plans to write to the Crown Office to seek an assurance that a similar incident would not occur.
▪ But health watchdogs and hospital managers may to seek further assurances when contracts are discussed at a meeting next week.
▪ However, there are some matters on which we will seek clarification or assurance.
▪ My constituent had sought assurances from the Minister about the financing of the proposed station.
▪ Both work without a contract, and Sinclair sought assurances about the future in recent negotiations.
▪ I seek an assurance that that will not be for at least three or four years after the introduction of the council tax.
want
▪ We want assurances from the Government.
▪ Companies want assurance of reliable, high-capacity telecommunications for access to the Internet and other data networks.
▪ They wanted assurances that Novell is not about to kidnap Unix.
▪ They also wanted specific assurances about rules for Democratic participation in the inquiry.
▪ I want your assurance that you will always allow genuine gipsies to camp there.
▪ Portsmouth are interested but want assurance on his recovery from a broken arm before parting with £350,000.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Despite all their assurances, they broke the agreement and signed a deal with a rival company.
▪ His lawyer was unwilling to give him any kind of assurance about the outcome of the trial.
▪ I need an assurance that you will support me.
▪ She began to sing with assurance, an old, familiar song.
▪ The manager gave me his personal assurance that the parts would be here today.
▪ These jobs offer little assurance of long-term employment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Chapters 6 and 7 extensively cover the evaluation process and quality assurance.
▪ Coach Bill Barber issued an assurance that Boucher will, in fact, play some games before the season is over.
▪ For example: In the life assurance industry, it means playing an important role in the development of new products.
▪ He missed the vehement assurance of Will Douglas.
▪ On the evidence of his recital he is increasing in assurance and beginning to fulfil expectations.
▪ She had forgotten the compulsion of his confident smile, the total assurance he carried everywhere he went.
▪ There was a sensual anticipation about, an assurance of marvels shortly to be, manifest.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assurance

Assurance \As*sur"ance\, n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See Assure.]

  1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

    Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
    --Acts xvii. 31.

    Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
    --Macaulay.

  2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.

    Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
    --Heb. x. 22.

  3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.

    Brave men meet danger with assurance.
    --Knolles.

    Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.
    --Locke.

  4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.

  5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.]
    --Sir P. Sidney.

  6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

    Note: Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See Insurance.

  7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

    Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
    --Blackstone.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
assurance

late 14c., "formal or solemn pledge, promise," also "certainty," from Old French asseurance (11c., Modern French assurance) "assurance, promise; truce; certainty, safety, security," from asseurer (see assure). The word had a negative tinge 18c., often suggesting impudence or presumption.

Wiktionary
assurance

n. 1 The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. 2 The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. 3 Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 4 Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. 5 (lb en obsolete) Betrothal; affiance. 6 insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. &hand; Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. 7 (lb en legal) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. &hand; In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common '''assurances''' of the kingdom. ((w: William Blackstone) (1723-1780))

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WordNet
assurance

  1. n. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]

  2. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret" [syn: pledge]

  3. a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected"

  4. a British term for some kinds of insurance

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Wikipedia
Assurance

Assurance may refer to:

  • Assurance (computer networking)
  • Assurance (theology), a Protestant Christian doctrine
  • Assurance services, offered by accountancy firms
  • Life assurance, an insurance on human life
  • Quality assurance
Assurance (theology)

Assurance is a Protestant Christian doctrine that states that the inner witness of the Holy Spirit allows the justified disciple to know that he or she is saved. Based on the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo, assurance was historically a very important doctrine in Methodism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism, and remains so among some members of these groups today.

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Usage examples of "assurance".

The assurance that the elevation of Constantine was intimately connected with the designs of Providence, instilled into the minds of the Christians two opinions, which, by very different means, assisted the accomplishment of the prophecy.

Fully recognized as portentous, the question was exhaustively discussed, with the confident assurances of some matched by the doubts and ambivalence of others, both military and civilian.

In this, although Talbott has sworn that the assignment was in the bundle of deeds when it came from his house, Adams has the unaccountable assurance to say that he has proved the contrary by Talbott.

In such instances, the beautifying tinges of romance, that streak and flush the horizon, neither fade into the grayness of fact, nor die into the darkness of neglect, but now broaden and deepen into the blue of meridian assurance, now clarify and ascend into the starlight of faith and mystery.

It was easy to picture him as a short, bespectacled physics teacher, one whose utter lack of physical assurance would prompt such curial devotion to the rubrics of the actual.

Gates was a large, coarse individual, but Brat supposed that once he had had the youthful vigour and assurance that appealed to pretty, fragile little women like Emmy Vidler.

Some day, if Brat had anything to do with it, Timber was going to feel very small indeed, but meanwhile let Simon have at his command every jot of that lordly assurance.

At table, Malemute Kid baited her with the assurance of an old friend, and Prince shook off the shyness of first acquaintance and joined in.

I want a promise of manumission and I want the assurance that I will be paid for what I supply.

Ultimately, Israel did pass back a similar assurance, but it also warned Saddam that it would retaliate massively for any Iraqi aggression.

Despite his assurances that Mark Messinger would be laying off me for a day or two, he seemed on edge, which made my stomach chum in response.

She wondered why, but she had to greet her principal guests, mustering all her assurance so she would get it right.

German Government has further given the assurance to Belgium and Holland that it is prepared to recognize and to guarantee the inviolability and neutrality of these territories.

The news that the Nonesuch had another cousin staying with him, and one who was an out-and-out dandy, rapidly spread, and was productive of a spate of notes directed to Sir Waldo, and carrying the assurances of the various hostesses to whom he and Lindeth were engaged that they would be most happy to include Mr Laurence Calver amongst their guests.

Burbo, satisfied with the dear assurance, strode through the apartment, and sought the penetralia of his house.