assured /; ; AmE / adjective

1

certain to happen or to be available:

assured coal supplies

The quality of the product range is assured.

The company's future seemed assured.

SYN GUARANTEED

assured income/market/profit/supply

2 (Insurance ) the assured noun [C] (plural the assured) (BrE)

the person who is insured in a contract with an insurance company:

A tax-free sum is guaranteed if the life assured dies within the specified period.

If the assured loses his or her income for more than six months, the insurance company will pay the premiums until the assured returns to work.

A lump sum is payable to the assured on suffering a total and permanent disability.

SYN INSURED ⇨ ASSURE

• intermediation
• intern
• internal
• internal audit
• internal consultancy
• internal customer
• internal equity
• internal labour market
• internal market
• internal rate of return
• Internal Revenue Code
• Internal Revenue Service
• internal search
• international
• International Accounting Standards
• International Accounting Standards Board
• international airport
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• International Labour Organization
• international labour standards
• international law
• international management
• international monetary system