Definitions for: Underwrite


[v] guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
[v] protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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. --Bp.
Sanderson.

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. --Marshall.


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

Synonyms: cover, insure, subvent

See Also: guarantee, indemnify, reinsure, undertake, warrant

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