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underwrite

verb

/ˈʌndərˌraɪt/

Meaning

To guarantee financial support, especially by agreeing to cover losses or risks; in insurance, to assess and accept risks.

The bank agreed to underwrite the company's new bond issue.

underwrite a risk

guarantee, finance, sponsor, insure, support

deny, reject, withdraw

underwrite insurance, underwrite bonds, underwrite a loan, underwrite risks

to confuse; to be too difficult to understand

To make someone poor or reduce the quality or richness of something.

to help or assist someone; to hold up or bear the weight of something

to break suddenly; to speak angrily; to take a photograph quickly

to behave badly or inappropriately; to act in an unacceptable way

to overcome a difficulty or obstacle