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Definition of indemnify
indemnified
;indemnifying
transitive verb
1 : to secure against hurt, loss, or damage
2 : to make compensation to for incurred hurt, loss, or damage
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Examples of indemnify in a Sentence
Again, let's look at auto insurance, which indemnifies the holder against loss. If a policy-holder's car is wrecked, the insurance company sends him a check for the value of the car … —John Steele Gordon, American Heritage, May–June 1992
We moved quickly, and the House approved an appropriation of $60,000 to indemnify Hamilton Jordan for his legal fees. —Tip O'Neill in Man of the House, 1987
Likewise, the “sexagenarians law,” which freed slaves over 60 years old, required those slaves to indemnify their masters, as did nearly every act of manumission. —Shepard Foreman, New York Times Book Review, 2 Nov. 1986
the company generously indemnifies workers who are injured on the job
Recent Examples of indemnify from the Web
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Iowa taxpayers would be responsible for paying, since state law indemnifies state employees sued in federal court for action pertaining to their jobs.
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The fear is there because the city has sought to avoid indemnifying police officers following at least one jury trial in which an officer was found liable for misconduct.
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As part of Mr. Ailes’s exit package, 21st Century Fox agreed to indemnify him against any settlements, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Quicken also argued that a longstanding F.H.A. process to resolve loans that did not meet its requirements, through either the repurchase of the loan or by indemnifying F.H.A. from any losses, was retroactively discontinued for Quicken.
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Origin and Etymology of indemnify
Latin indemnis unharmed, from in- + damnum damage
Synonym Discussion of indemnify
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INDEMNIFY Defined for English Language Learners
indemnify
playDefinition of indemnify for English Language Learners
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: to protect (someone) by promising to pay for the cost of possible future damage, loss, or injury
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: to give (someone) money or another kind of payment for some damage, loss, or injury
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indemnify
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indemnified
indemnifying
1 : to secure against hurt, loss, or damage
2 : to compensate or reimburse for incurred hurt, loss, or damage
indemnifier
nounOrigin and Etymology of indemnify
Latin indemnis unharmed, from in- not + damnum damage
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