Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The extent or degree to which something is observed, analyzed, and reported.
- noun Inclusion in an insurance policy or protective plan.
- noun The extent of protection afforded by an insurance policy.
- noun The amount of funds reserved to meet liabilities.
- noun The percentage of persons reached by a medium of communication, such as television or a newspaper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the range of items covered.
Coverage may be small (narrow coverage }, or large (broad coverage orwide coverage ). - noun The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance.
- noun the state of being insured; insurance.
- noun the areas reached by a radio transmission signal, or group of people reached by a communications medium, such as television or a newspaper.
- noun the range of topics treated in a discourse or document, or the depth to which a subject is discussed.
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An amount by which something or someone is
covered . - noun The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the extent to which something is covered
- noun the total amount and type of insurance carried
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
Etymologies
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Examples
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When gathering coverage, the figleaf report can be downloaded from the / _coverage url.
Planet Twisted 2009
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This involves structuring a policy to include significant amounts of term-life coverage and "paid-up additions," a low-commission form of permanent-life coverage that supplants the term coverage over time.
Honestly, What's the Best Policy Leslie Scism 2011
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Under the House bill, this hole in coverage is cut by $500 immediately, and seniors get a 50 percent discount for some drugs.
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All this Palin coverage is causing a state of ennui in many of your readers.
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The most popular slant in coverage is that technology makes life more productive.
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April 9th, 2010 9: 07 pm ET perhaps this non stop weekend of Palin coverage is a GOOD thing because the more she opens her mouth the more foolish she looks ... that is except in the eyes of her fans which she could say no wrong.
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Universal coverage is an important goal and something we should strive for, but it will not create true parity in coverage or health outcomes.
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Because I usually read a number of different papers, I would like to extend the idea, so that as well as, or instead, of it being specific to one news service, I could draw in coverage from a number of news sources (of my choice), so that when I looked at any particular checked topic/tag I could see a broader aggregated overview, even if it was only in headline or precis form links.
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Most of the term coverage portions of life insurance policies are very small compared to actual term policies.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2008
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I think, on the average, for a $100 premium per month of a life, you could get the term coverage part for only between $15 to $20 bucks.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2008
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