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Meaning:

Noun:

  • (insurance) a principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
  • legal an obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
  • legal the right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
  • repayment

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