Associations to the word «Underwrite»

Wiktionary

UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) (obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (intransitive) To act as an underwriter.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
UNDERWRITE, verb. (transitive) To submit to; put up with.

Dictionary definition

UNDERWRITE, verb. Guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank".
UNDERWRITE, verb. Protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope