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Definition of Underwrite

1. Verb. Guarantee financial support of. "Sam and Sue underwrite the movie "; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

2. Verb. Protect by insurance. "The insurance won't cover this"

Definition of Underwrite

1. v. t. To write under something else; to subscribe.

2. v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

3. v. t. To write under something else; to subscribe.

4. v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

Definition of Underwrite

1. Verb. (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive intransitive obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To act as an underwriter. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To submit to; put up with. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Underwrite

1. [v -WROTE, -WRITTEN, -WRITING, -WRITES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Underwrite

underwoods underwool underwools underwork underworked underworker underworkers underworking underworkman underworkmen

underworks underworld underworldly underworlds underwound underwrite (current term) underwriter underwriters underwrites underwriting

underwritten underwrote underyoke undescaled undescended undescribability undescribable undescribableness

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