How to pronounce indemnify
American English pronunciation
in-DEM-nuh-fy
- IPA
- /ɪnˈdɛmnəˌfaɪ/
- Syllables
- in · DEM · nuh · fy (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What indemnify means
To promise to cover someone's losses
In a sentence: The rental shop agreed to indemnify us if a storm damaged the tent.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old word meaning "free from loss," plus -ify, an ending meaning "to make."
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