underwrite

[Un`der*write·]

To underwrite is to insure or promise to be financially responsible in case of loss or damage. An insurance agent can underwrite your renter's insurance policy, which protects you if there's a fire or robbery, for example.

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To write under something else; to subscribe.

Verb
guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

Verb
protect by insurance; "The insurance won''t cover this"


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

v. t.
To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance.

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


Underwrite

Un`der*write" , v. t. [imp. Underwrote , Obs. Underwrit ; p. p. Underwritten , Obs. Underwrit; p. pr. & vb. n. Underwriting.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe.
What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten.
2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. B. Jonson.
The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.

Underwrite

Un`der*write", v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

To write under something else; to subscribe.

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

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