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Definition of Coverage

1. Noun. The total amount and type of insurance carried.

2. Noun. The extent to which something is covered. "The dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent"

3. Noun. The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television. "They accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations"

Definition of Coverage

1. n. The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance.

Definition of Coverage

1. Noun. An amount by which something or someone is covered. ¹

2. Noun. The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coverage

1. the extent to which something is covered [n -S]

Medical Definition of Coverage

1. A measure of the extent to which the services rendered cover the potential need for these services in a community; applied specifically to such services as immunization in developing countries. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coverage

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cover version cover versions coverability coverable coverage (current term) coverages coverall coveralled coveralls coverb

coverbal coverbs coverchief coverchiefs covercle covercles coverdisc coverdiscs coverdisk

Literary usage of Coverage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1995)
"Insurance coverage and Ability to Afford Care For younger people, insurance coverage is a major determinant of access to medical care (Aday et al., 1984; ..."

2. Living Without Health Insurance: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, U edited by Charles E. Grassley (2001)
"Almost everyone who would end up with coverage—even those who were already covered—would be someone whose income is low enough that the subsidy is justified ..."

3. Inconsistent Picture: A Compilation Of Analyses Of Economic Impacts Of (1994)
"... I FIGURE 2: Major approaches and specific proposals in analyses reviewed by OTA: strategies to achieve universal coverage and cost containment* ..."

4. Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries by Oecd, OECD Health Project, OECD., SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"Interestingly, individual coverage is a significant (Ireland) or majority ... The affordability of this coverage and financing equity within the market is ..."

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