Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

health insurance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: health in-sur-ance
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From health + insurance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

health insurances (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does health insurance mean?: Insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals.
Where does health insurance come from?: From health + insurance.

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