insurancelike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English insurance Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English insurancelike From insurance + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling insurance or insurance policies
Credit-default swaps are insurancelike contracts that Wall Street created in the early 1990s.
2009 January 25, Gretchen Morgenson, “Time to Unravel the Knot of Credit-Default Swaps”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most insurancelike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more insurancelike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |