underwrite

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʌndəɹaɪt/, /ʌndəˈɹaɪt/

Verb

underwrite (underwrites, present participle underwriting; past underwrote, past participle underwritten)

1. (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
3. (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
4. (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
5. (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
6. (intransitive, insurance) To act as an underwriter.

   • The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.

7. (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
8. (transitive) To submit to; put up with.

Translations

• German: unterschreiben
• Spanish: suscribir

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