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underwrite Definition

under·write (un′dər rīt′)

transitive verb -·wrote′, -·writ′·ten, -·writ′·ing

  1. Archaic to write under something, esp. under something written; subscribe
  2. to agree to buy (an issue of stocks, bonds, etc.) on a given date and at a fixed price, or to guarantee the purchase of (stocks or bonds to be made available to the public for subscription)
  3. to subscribe or agree to, as by signature
  4. to agree to pay for the cost of or pledge to cover the financial losses of (an undertaking, etc.)
  5. Insurance
    1. to write one's signature at the end of (an insurance policy), thus assuming liability in the event of specified loss or damage
    2. to insure
    3. to assume liability to the amount of (a specified sum)

Etymology: ME underwriten, orig. used as transl. of L subscribere: see subscribe

intransitive verb

  1. to underwrite something
  2. to be in business as an underwriter

underwrite Synonyms

underwrite

v.

  1. To subscribe

    sign, initial, seal; see endorse 2.

  2. To approve

    accede, consent, okay*; see approve 1.

  3. To support financially

    finance, help, pay, support, guarantee, subsidize, endow, fund, refund, provide security, provide capital, provide financing, put up the money for, put up the collateral for, float a stock issue, float bonds, provide subvention for.

underwrite Usage Examples

Object

  • loan: The ECGD underwrites bank loans to enable overseas buyers to purchase goods - most controversially military hardware - from the UK.
  • policy: Muscle growth with protein group underwrite policies on the part.
  • cost: Patients will have the option of going private, with 50 % of their costs underwritten by the state.
  • quot: Underwritten not all end quot i blocking the traffic you've tucked away.
  • risk: The funder will usually be the Legal Services Commission; or an insurer underwriting the risk of failure; or the claimant's lawyer.
  • insurance: King only got round this by getting insurance underwritten by Lloyd's of London.

Subject

  • insurer: Underwritten by a leading insurer for client of mind.
  • government: In his accounts none of his private fund initiatives underwritten by government appear on his balance sheet.
  • state: Patients will have the option of going private, with 50 % of their costs underwritten by the state.
  • company: All members pay into a bond which is underwritten by a major insurance company.
  • taxpayer: That is eloquent proof of the vast over production, expensively underwritten by the taxpayer.

Modifying Another Word

  • fully: The Share Placing is fully underwritten by Collins Stewart.
  • finally: Our objective is and family health applicants and in finally underwriting and.
  • all: All the company's underwritten not all support the company protection for the employe.
  • not: Underwritten not all end quot i blocking the traffic you've tucked away.
  • also: The insurance cover secured by BioProgress will also underwrite other elements of the costs, damages are yet to be assessed.

Preposition: by

  • insurer: Underwritten by a leading insurer for client of mind.
  • government: In his accounts none of his private fund initiatives underwritten by government appear on his balance sheet.
  • state: Patients will have the option of going private, with 50 % of their costs underwritten by the state.
  • company: All members pay into a bond which is underwritten by a major insurance company.
underwrite Quotes

The world goes on because a few men in every generation believe in it utterly, accept it unquestioningly, underwrite it with their lives.

—Miller, Henry Valentine