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in·dem·ni·ty

(in-dem'ni-tē)
The agreement between an insurance company or other financial entity to underwrite the expenses incurred by a policyholder for covered services.
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Russia and England between them can pay an indemnity which will make Germany rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Helena; making us a handsome present of the island by way of indemnity! We are such a restless, unhappy lot, that I doubt whether it would not prove a good thing for us too.
Just as I was opening the outer door, I remembered the twenty francs which I had not restored; I paused: impossible to carry them away with me; difficult to force them back on their original owner; I had now seen her in her own humble abode, witnessed the dignity of her poverty, the pride of order, the fastidious care of conservatism, obvious in the arrangement and economy of her little home; I was sure she would not suffer herself to be excused paying her debts; I was certain the favour of indemnity would be accepted from no hand, perhaps least of all from mine: yet these four five-franc pieces were a burden to my self-respect, and I must get rid of them.
When a man has done a wrong like that, he ought to pay the indemnity. Isn't it his place rather than ours to look after the girl?--who, to tell you the truth, seems to me rather questionable; there are plenty of better men in Alencon than that cynic du Bousquier.
As we have seen, therefore, he permitted his former host to retire without attempting a recognition, but fully promising himself a rich indemnity for his present forbearance should chance afford him another opportunity.
Global Banking News-April 13, 2016--Hamilton Underwriting names head of professional indemnity
[USPRwire, Fri Aug 28 2015] * The report provides market analysis, information and insights into the UK professional indemnity business
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