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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to buy/pay insurance
Hello,
I hear a lot of people use "buy" in collocation with insurance, but something smells iffy here. I think I have used it as well. Would it be "normal" to ask someone: "Where can I buy car insurance in this town?" or "I am going to pay my monthly health insurance on Tuesday"? Yes, in some countries we pay for "proper" healthcare. I know it sucks. I see that "get" is also used a lot, but that's no surprise. What do you think? What's common in your experience?
I hear a lot of people use "buy" in collocation with insurance, but something smells iffy here. I think I have used it as well. Would it be "normal" to ask someone: "Where can I buy car insurance in this town?" or "I am going to pay my monthly health insurance on Tuesday"? Yes, in some countries we pay for "proper" healthcare. I know it sucks. I see that "get" is also used a lot, but that's no surprise. What do you think? What's common in your experience?
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All of these sound correct to me: get insurance; pay for insurance; buy insurance; pay insurance premiums;
- All of these sound correct to me: get insurance; pay for insurance; buy insurance; pay insurance premiums;
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All of these sound correct to me: get insurance; pay for insurance; buy insurance; pay insurance premiums;
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Thank you. Does that mean that "I am going to pay for my monthly health insurance on Tuesday" would sound better than the version without "for"? For some reason I have forgotten to put it in.
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Right. Pay for is what you want here. You could pay the premium, the price, the fee, the fare or the bill. Those tricky little prepositions!
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Hehe. That makes sense. We pay for things we get, right? In this case "proper healthcare".
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