property damage insurance
noun
: insurance protecting against all or part of an individual's legal liability for damage done (as by his or her automobile) to the property of another
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There’s an assumption that property owners take all the risk because a tenant may default on the rent or cause property damage insurance would cover the damage and the concentration is on tenant screening.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1946, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of property damage insurance was
circa 1946
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“Property damage insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20damage%20insurance. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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