Meaning & Definition of Protection in English

1. The activity of protecting someone or something

• "The witnesses demanded police protection"

2. A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

• "They had no protection from the fallout"

• "Wax provided protection for the floors"

3. Defense against financial failure

• Financial independence

• "His pension gave him security in his old age"

• "Insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"

4. The condition of being protected

• "They were huddled together for protection"

• "He enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

5. Kindly endorsement and guidance

• "The tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"

6. The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

• "He made trade protection a plank in the party platform"

7. Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

• "Every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"