as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the widow now lives on a pension and an indemnity from her late husband's company
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Recent Examples of indemnity
The industry offers a special type of insurance called prize indemnity insurance.
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Customizing options like hospital indemnity insurance, critical illness insurance, and HSAs can meet the unique needs of employees with disabilities.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Hospital indemnity coverage, meanwhile, starts at about $10 per month, according to Aflac.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Similarly, if there’s indemnity, the seller is given the right to consent to any settlements, and where insurance policies exist the buyer also provides the insurer with audit participation and settlement consent rights.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Customizing options like hospital indemnity insurance, critical illness insurance, and HSAs can meet the unique needs of employees with disabilities.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Hospital indemnity coverage, meanwhile, starts at about $10 per month, according to Aflac.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Similarly, if there’s indemnity, the seller is given the right to consent to any settlements, and where insurance policies exist the buyer also provides the insurer with audit participation and settlement consent rights.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indemnity
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Each year, the trustees’ compensation will increase by 2%, though the board can vote in May to waive this increase for that year, the municipal code states.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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However, the draft does not include a contentious Trump administration proposal to give the U.S. $500 billion worth of profits from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv.—
Susie Blann,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Since then, Ukraine has tried to gain international support for its own 10-point Peace Formula, which demands a full withdrawal of Russian forces, the prosecution of war crimes and the payment of reparations.—
Matthew Mpoke Bigg,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the same debates accompanying discussions of slavery reparations in greater society permeate the order as well: Some feel a moral urgency while others criticize the effort as unfairly burdening the entities of today or suggesting the order’s ongoing work with the poor should suffice.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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The company highlighted ongoing legal proceedings, including a claim against ICAR Vision Systems, S.L., and indemnification demands from customers related to patent infringement allegations by third parties.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Feb. 2025
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Marketers should ask vendors about how the data was trained and on what; usage rights; legal indemnification; and what a user would have to do with the image to lose legal coverage.—
Kimberly A. Whitler,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Indemnity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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