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The things you grab in a fire, revealing what you actually value versus what you claim to.
means Portable possessions, like jewelry, cash, or documents, important or costly enough that you'd protect them or insure them specially.
from Built straightforwardly from 'value' (from Latin 'valere,' meaning to be strong or be worth something) plus the adjective-forming '-able,' then turned into a noun by adding an 's' — things 'able to be valued' became, by the 1600s, simply the things worth grabbing.
- insurance irony
- most get underinsured because owners guess low
- hiding spot
- burglars check freezers and sock drawers first
- sentimental trap
- cheapest items often cause the biggest loss grief