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coinsurance

noun coinsurances · co-insurance

  1. US, countable, especially, uncountable The joint assumption of risk between the insurer and the insured party.
  2. US, countable, especially, metonymically, uncountable The amount paid by the insured in accordance with this risk sharing. For Part B-covered services, you usually pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after you meet your deductible. This is called your coinsurance.
  3. countable, uncountable The joint assumption of risk between multiple insurers.

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noun joint assumption of risk between insurer and insured

Españolparticipación propia, franquicia, coaseguro, deducible
Françaisfranchise
DeutschSelbstbeteiligung, Eigenanteil
Italianofranchigia
Русскийфраншиза franšiza

noun joint assumption of risk between multiple insurers

DeutschMitversicherung

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@misc{coinsurance_2026,
  title = {coinsurance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coinsurance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}