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Dictionary: cov·er·age   (kŭv'ər-ĭj) pronunciation
n.
  1. The extent or degree to which something is observed, analyzed, and reported: complete news coverage of the election.
    1. Inclusion in an insurance policy or protective plan.
    2. The extent of protection afforded by an insurance policy.
  2. The amount of funds reserved to meet liabilities.
  3. The percentage of persons reached by a medium of communication, such as television or a newspaper.

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Marketing Dictionary: coverage
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The degree to which a particular advertising medium delivers an audience within a particular geographic area or within a specific target market. For example: an advertising medium, such as a particular periodical, with a 20% coverage rate is read by 20% of the target market either within a specific geographic area or within the actual target market.

Business Dictionary: Insurance Coverage
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Total amount and type of insurance carried. See also Business Interruption Insurance; Fire Insurance; Hazard Insurance; Liability Insurance.

Insurance Dictionary: Coverage
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Protection under an insurance policy. In property insurance, coverage lists perils insured against, properties covered, locations covered, individuals insured, and the limits of indemnification. In life insurance, living and death benefits.

Real Estate Dictionary: Insurance Coverage
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Total amount and type of insurance carried.
Example: The owner maintained $100,000 of hazard insurance coverage on the property, and $300,000 of Liability insurance coverage. The Hazard Insurance coverage was adequate to meet the 80% Coinsurance requirement in the policy.

Thesaurus: coverage
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noun

    The reporting of news: reportage. See words.

Dental Dictionary: coverage
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n

1. benefits available to an individual covered under a dental benefits plan. 2. See denture coverage.

Architecture: coverage
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1. A measure of the area over which a gallon of paint may be spread at a given thickness, usually expressed as square feet per gallon at 1 mil dry film.
2. The amount of surface that can be covered by a particular amount of roofing material.
3. The ratio of the area of the footprint of a building to the total area of the site on which it is located.


Law Encyclopedia: Coverage
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The risks that are included in the terms of an insurance contract for protection under the policy; the amount and type of insurance.

An insurance policy provides coverage for particular losses, such as theft, fire, or accidents. The provisions of each individual policy determine the duration, extent, and nature of the coverage.

Military Dictionary: coverage
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(DOD, NATO) 1. The ground area represented on imagery, photomaps, mosaics, maps, and other geographical presentation systems. 2. (DOD only) Cover or protection, as the coverage of troops by supporting fire. 3. (DOD only) The extent to which intelligence information is available in respect to any specified area of interest. 4. (DOD only) The summation of the geographical areas and volumes of aerospace under surveillance. See also comparative cover.

Wikipedia: Coverage
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Coverage may refer to:

Science and Technology

  • Coverage (telecommunication), a measure of cell phone connectivity
  • Radio frequency
  • Code coverage measure used in software testing
  • Coverage data, the mapping of one aspect of data in space, in geographic information systems
  • Coverage (statistical)
  • Coverage (bioinformatics), calculated by dividing the size of the genome by the total number of bases sequenced. (e.g., 25 million bases sequenced for a 2.5 Mb genome represents tenfold or 10X coverage.)

Filmmaking

  • Coverage (lens), the size of the image a lens can produce
  • Camera coverage, the amount of footage shot and different camera setups used in filming a scene
  • Script coverage, a short summary of a script, written by script readers to recommend whether a film should be made

Other uses

  • Coverage (album), a 2003 album by Mandy Moore
  • News ("press coverage", "media coverage")
  • Insurance coverage, the amount and extent of risk covered by an insurer
  • Coverage (a Descendents/ALL cover band from Calgary, Alberta)
  • Analyst coverage, securities assigned to a particular analyst for regular assessment

Translations: Coverage
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dækning, dækningsgrad, sendeområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
berichtgeving, bereik (van zender), risico gedekt door verzekering, verslaggeving

Français (French)
n. - (Journ) reportage, (Assur) couverture, provision

Deutsch (German)
n. - Berichterstattung, (Ab)deckung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κάλυψη, δημοσιογραφική κάλυψη, (οικον.) ασφαλιζόμενος κίνδυνος, ποσό ασφαλιστικής κάλυψης

Italiano (Italian)
copertura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cobertura (f), lastro (m), cobertura (f) numa apólice de seguros

Русский (Russian)
репортаж, страховка

Español (Spanish)
n. - reportaje, cobertura informativa, fondos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - täckning (hand.), utförlig behandling, bevakning (tidn. o radio), betäckning (mil.), spridning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
覆盖范围, 信贷准备金, 保险项目, 新闻报导

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 覆蓋範圍, 信貸準備金, 保險專案, 新聞報導

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보험 담보, 정화 준비, 적용범위

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 適用範囲, 担保, 報道, 到達範囲, サービスエリア

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تغطيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיקור, כיסוי‬


 
 

 

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