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Underwrite   /ˈəndərrˌaɪt/   Listen
Underwrite

verb
(past underwrote, obs. underwrit; past part. underwritten, obs. underwrit; pres. part. underwriting)
1.
Guarantee financial support of.  Synonyms: subvent, subvention.
2.
Protect by insurance.  Synonyms: cover, insure.



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"Underwrite" Quotes from Famous Books



... Vessel of the State are unsound and the Man at the Helm is unskilful, would those great Marine Insurers, who rank among our world-famed merchant-princes—would they insure her, gentlemen? Would they underwrite her? Would they incur a risk in her? Would they have confidence in her? Why, gentlemen, if I appealed to my honourable friend upon my right, himself among the greatest and most respected of that great and much respected class, ...
— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Underwrite" :   indemnify, compensate, guarantee, undertake, warrant, reinsure, overcompensate



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