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  • noun Plural form of sidecar.

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Examples

  • Petty, who sometimes took his kids to school in sidecars, says it's no big deal to use them — "the easiest way to put it is that you ride a motorcycle and you steer a sidecar" — and having company helps: "Otherwise, it gets a little lonely."

    ABC hopes to ride Borel and Belmont Stakes to good ratings 2009

  • Not content with dancing the night away at Claridges, drinking some sort of brandy and Cointreau concoction they called sidecars, she and her friends had taken to continuing the party at someones house.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Not content with dancing the night away at Claridges, drinking some sort of brandy and Cointreau concoction they called sidecars, she and her friends had taken to continuing the party at someones house.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • Wary of the risks, the outside investors have teamed up with experienced underwriters from established insurance companies to create new finance vehicles known as "sidecars."

    Rising Catastrophe Insurance Premiums Lure Investors Mario Christodoulou 2011

  • Wary of the risks, the outside investors have teamed up with experienced underwriters from established insurance companies to create new finance vehicles known as "sidecars."

    Rising Catastrophe Insurance Premiums Lure Investors Mario Christodoulou 2011

  • At the first party they served sidecars, which is a very delicious drink I’d never had before, and that’s why we never made it to the second party where they were serving absinthe—so maybe it’s just as well.

    Rich Christmas 2005

  • They include industry loss warranties, which are derivatives triggered by the size of losses caused by an event to the entire insurance industry, and "sidecars," which capture the risk of a sub-portfolio of an insurance or reinsurance company's business.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009

  • Outside of sidecars, investors have also shown interest in the insurance market via traditional equity investments.

    Rising Catastrophe Insurance Premiums Lure Investors Mario Christodoulou 2011

  • Over the past few months a flurry of sidecars have been set up to take advantage of current premium rates for catastrophe insurance.

    Rising Catastrophe Insurance Premiums Lure Investors Mario Christodoulou 2011

  • The first sidecars were set up following 9/11, but it was not until after Hurricane Katrina that their popularity truly grew, when an estimated $34 billion in new capital flowed into the insurance market, around 13% of which came through sidecars.

    Rising Catastrophe Insurance Premiums Lure Investors Mario Christodoulou 2011

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