coverage
pronunciation
How to pronounce coverage in British English:
UK [ˈkʌvərɪdʒ]
How to pronounce coverage in American English:
US [ˈkʌvərɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the total amount and type of insurance carried
- the extent to which something is covered
- the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
Word Origin
- coverage (n.)
- mid-15c., "charge for a booth at a fair," from cover + -age. Reintroduced 1912, American English, in insurance.
Example
- 1. We need thicker capital buffers and provisioning coverage ratios .
- 2. Secondly , there are some holes in its coverage .
- 3. Planners also overestimated the coverage that networks would provide .
- 4. Mobile-phone coverage is one obvious topic for discussion .
- 5. Private insurance coverage in asia is limited .