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underwrite

verb
/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English underwriten, from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”), Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, under- + write.

  1. inherited from underwrītan — “to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”
  2. inherited from underwriten

Definitions

  1. To write below or under

    To write below or under; subscribe.

  2. To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.

  3. To sign

    To sign; to put one's name to.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To agree to pay by signing one's name

      To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.

    2. Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against…

      Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.

    3. 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.

    4. To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.

    5. To submit to

      To submit to; put up with.

      • Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde

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