underwrite
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) underwriten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”), equivalent to Lua error in Module:affix/templates at line 38: The |lang= parameter is not used by this template. Place the language code in parameter 1 instead..
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈʌndəɹaɪt/, /ʌndəˈɹaɪt/
Verb
underwrite (third-person singular simple present underwrites, present participle underwriting, simple past underwrote, past participle underwritten)
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
- (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To act as an underwriter.
- Marshall
- The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.
- Marshall
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To submit to; put up with.
Derived terms
Translations
to assume financial responsibility for something
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