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underwriter

noun

Etymology

From underwrite + -er.

  1. inherited from underwrītan — “to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”
  2. inherited from underwriten
  3. suffixed as underwriter — “underwrite + er”

Definitions

  1. An entity assuming a financial risk.

  2. A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy…

    A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.

  3. An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

    • They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at underwriter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at underwriter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at underwriter

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA