Professional Definition–adjective | 1. | following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder. | | 2. | of, pertaining to, or connected with a profession: professional studies. | | 3. | appropriate to a profession: professional objectivity. | | 4. | engaged in one of the learned professions: A lawyer is a professional person. | | 5. | following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime: a professional golfer. | | 6. | making a business or constant practice of something not properly to be regarded as a business: “A salesman,” he said, “is a professional optimist.” | | 7. | undertaken or engaged in as a means of livelihood or for gain: professional baseball. | | 8. | of or for a professional person or his or her place of business or work: a professional apartment; professional equipment. | | 9. | done by a professional; expert: professional car repairs. | –noun | 10. | a person who belongs to one of the professions, esp. one of the learned professions. | | 11. | a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs: a golf professional. | | 12. | an expert player, as of golf or tennis, serving as a teacher, consultant, performer, or contestant; pro. | | 13. | a person who is expert at his or her work: You can tell by her comments that this editor is a real professional. | |
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Liability Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | li
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abilities, | a. | moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets ). | | b. | Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, esp. in relation to assets and capital. | | | 2. | something disadvantageous: His lack of education is his biggest liability. | | 3. | Also, li⋅a⋅ble⋅ness. the state or quality of being liable: liability to disease. | |
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Insurance Definition–noun | 1. | the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved. | | 2. | coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract. | | 3. | the contract itself, set forth in a written or printed agreement or policy. | | 4. | the amount for which anything is insured. | | 6. | any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm: Taking vitamin C is viewed as an insurance against catching colds. | –adjective | 7. | of or pertaining to a score that increases a team's lead and insures that the lead will be held if the opposing team should score once more: The home run gave the team an insurance run, making the score 7-5. | |
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