underwrite
/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/ verb C2- To write below or under; subscribe.
- To sign; to put one's name to.
- To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
- Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
- To act as an underwriter.
- To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
He/she/it underwrites · Past underwrote · Past participle underwritten · -ing form underwriting
Verb forms
- Base form
- underwrite
- He/she/it
- underwrites
- Past
- underwrote
- Past participle
- underwritten
- -ing form
- underwriting
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