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  • 71assurance — /əˈʃɔrəns / (say uh shawruhns), / ˈʃʊə / (say shoouh ) noun 1. a positive declaration intended to give confidence. 2. pledge; guarantee; surety. 3. full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. 4. freedom from timidity; self reliance;… …

  • 72assurance — n. 1 a positive declaration that a thing is true. 2 a solemn promise or guarantee. 3 insurance, esp. life insurance. 4 certainty. 5 a self confidence. b impudence. Etymology: ME f. OF aseuumlrance f. aseuumlrer (as ASSURE, ANCE) …

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  • 73The Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society — Type Mutual Traded as MGM Assurance Industry Financial Services Founded 1852 (1852) Founder(s) …

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  • 74The Crimson Permanent Assurance — Directed by Terry Gilliam Produced by Terry Gilliam John Goldstone Written by Terry Gilliam Starring Sydney Arnol …

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  • 75Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education — The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) was established in 1997 to provide an integrated quality assurance service for United Kingdom higher education.The creation of QAA was a culmination of a decade s worth of reform in the… …

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  • 76To promise one's self — Promise Prom ise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Promised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Promising}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a… …

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  • 77To assert one's self — Assert As*sert , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Asserting}.] [L. assertus, p. p. of asserere to join or fasten to one s self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See {Series}.] 1. To affirm; to declare with… …

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  • 78Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organization — LAUTRO A former Self Regulating Organization that regulated institutions offering life assurance and unit trusts as principals. Most of its business was taken over by the Personal Investment Authority in 1994 and it was subsequently absorbed into …

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  • 79double assurance — noun Etymology: translation of German doppelte sicherung : dual control of differentiation resulting from synergistic interaction of a specific organizer and a competent embryonic tissue capable of self differentiation in the absence of the… …

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  • 80confidence — 1 *trust, reliance, dependence, faith Analogous words: certitude, assurance, conviction, *certainty: credence, credit, *belief, faith Antonyms: doubt: apprehension Contrasted words: *distrust, mistrust: despair, hopelessness (see under …

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