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To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.
Lillian Smith

Meaning of "underwrite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERWRITE

underwrite  [ˈʊndəˌraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERWRITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underwrite is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underwrite in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERWRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Underwriting

Underwriting refers to the process that a large financial service provider uses to assess the eligibility of a customer to receive their products. The name derives from the Lloyd's of London insurance market. Financial bankers, who would accept some of the risk on a given venture in exchange for a premium, would literally write their names under the risk information that was written on a Lloyd's slip created for this purpose.

Definition of underwrite in the English dictionary

The first definition of underwrite in the dictionary is to undertake to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of. Other definition of underwrite is to accept financial responsibility for. Underwrite is also to sign and issue thus accepting liability if specified losses occur.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERWRITE

PRESENT

Present
I underwrite
you underwrite
he/she/it underwrites
we underwrite
you underwrite
they underwrite
Present continuous
I am underwriting
you are underwriting
he/she/it is underwriting
we are underwriting
you are underwriting
they are underwriting
Present perfect
I have underwritten
you have underwritten
he/she/it has underwritten
we have underwritten
you have underwritten
they have underwritten
Present perfect continuous
I have been underwriting
you have been underwriting
he/she/it has been underwriting
we have been underwriting
you have been underwriting
they have been underwriting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underwrote
you underwrote
he/she/it underwrote
we underwrote
you underwrote
they underwrote
Past continuous
I was underwriting
you were underwriting
he/she/it was underwriting
we were underwriting
you were underwriting
they were underwriting
Past perfect
I had underwritten
you had underwritten
he/she/it had underwritten
we had underwritten
you had underwritten
they had underwritten
Past perfect continuous
I had been underwriting
you had been underwriting
he/she/it had been underwriting
we had been underwriting
you had been underwriting
they had been underwriting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underwrite
you will underwrite
he/she/it will underwrite
we will underwrite
you will underwrite
they will underwrite
Future continuous
I will be underwriting
you will be underwriting
he/she/it will be underwriting
we will be underwriting
you will be underwriting
they will be underwriting
Future perfect
I will have underwritten
you will have underwritten
he/she/it will have underwritten
we will have underwritten
you will have underwritten
they will have underwritten
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underwriting
you will have been underwriting
he/she/it will have been underwriting
we will have been underwriting
you will have been underwriting
they will have been underwriting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underwrite
you would underwrite
he/she/it would underwrite
we would underwrite
you would underwrite
they would underwrite
Conditional continuous
I would be underwriting
you would be underwriting
he/she/it would be underwriting
we would be underwriting
you would be underwriting
they would be underwriting
Conditional perfect
I would have underwrite
you would have underwrite
he/she/it would have underwrite
we would have underwrite
you would have underwrite
they would have underwrite
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underwriting
you would have been underwriting
he/she/it would have been underwriting
we would have been underwriting
you would have been underwriting
they would have been underwriting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underwrite
we let´s underwrite
you underwrite
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underwrite
Past participle
underwritten
Present Participle
underwriting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERWRITE


anchorite
ˈæŋkəˌraɪt
cassiterite
kəˈsɪtəˌraɪt
cordierite
ˈkɔːdɪəˌraɪt
diorite
ˈdaɪəˌraɪt
dolerite
ˈdɒləˌraɪt
evaporite
ɪˈvæpəˌraɪt
forsterite
ˈfɔːstəˌraɪt
granodiorite
ˌɡrænəʊˈdaɪəˌraɪt
Himyarite
ˈhɪmjəˌraɪt
iodyrite
ˈaɪəʊdəˌraɪt
laterite
ˈlætəˌraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
Minorite
ˈmaɪnəˌraɪt
ozocerite
əʊˈzəʊkəˌraɪt
siderite
ˈsaɪdəˌraɪt
sphaerosiderite
ˌsfɪərəʊˈsɪdəˌraɪt
sphalerite
ˈsfæləˌraɪt
stilpnosiderite
ˌstɪlpnəˈsɪdəˌraɪt
sybarite
ˈsɪbəˌraɪt
Thatcherite
ˈθætʃəˌraɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERWRITE

underweight
underwent
underwhelm
underwhelmed
underwhelming
underwing
underwire
underwired
underwit
underwood
underwool
underwork
underworker
underworld
underwriter
underwriting
underwritings
underwritten
underwrote
underwrought

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERWRITE

cowrite
favourite
ferrite
freewrite
ghostwrite
handwrite
hypocrite
marguerite
miswrite
neurite
outwrite
overwrite
rewrite
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skywrite
sprite
typewrite
unfavorite
unwrite
write

Synonyms and antonyms of underwrite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERWRITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «underwrite» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of underwrite

Translation of «underwrite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERWRITE

Find out the translation of underwrite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underwrite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underwrite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同意资助
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asegurar
570 millions of speakers

English

underwrite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दस्तखत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاكتتاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гарантировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subscrever
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাক্ষর করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

garantir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Underwrite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

garantieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

費用を引き受ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

승인하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underwrite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bảo kê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காப்பீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंडरराईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

imzalamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

finanziare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gwarantowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гарантувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subscrie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναδοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderskryf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

garantera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underwrite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underwrite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERWRITE»

The term «underwrite» is regularly used and occupies the 66.396 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERWRITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underwrite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underwrite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underwrite

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «UNDERWRITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underwrite.
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Lillian Smith
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERWRITE»

Discover the use of underwrite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underwrite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Health Care, Ethics and Insurance
1. THE. FREEDOM. TO. UNDERWRITE. Spencer Leigh In the commercial world, an essential requirement of completing a contract is an agreement between the parties as to its nature and scope. Each person is deemed to be equally able to ...
Tom Sorell, 1998
2
Surety Bonds for Construction Contracts
For these reasons, a surety generally sets a cap on the maximum single bond and aggregate work program that it will underwrite, meaning that the surety will most likely refuse to underwrite a bond for an amount over the single-job limit or a  ...
Jeffrey S. Russell, 2000
3
Law Reporter
Ex.] Ewing, and Co., insurance brokers, of Liverpool, to underwrite policies on marine risks, in his name, to the extent specified iu the written authority, which he □wrote and sent to them, and which was in the following terms : Meflm North, ...
‎1866
4
The Selected Works of George J. Benston, Volume 1 : Banking ...
Nevertheless, commercial banks lawfully can underwrite many kinds of bonds, but not equities. Within the United States commercial banks may underwrite municipal general obligation bonds and some types of municipal revenue bonds, and ...
Accounting James D. Rosenfeld Professor of Finance, and Economics Goizueta Business School Emory University, 2010
5
International Capital Markets : Developments, Prospects, and ...
Well-capitalized national banks and their subsidiaries may underwrite and deal in revenue bonds without limitations. The authority of ... Operating subsidiaries of national banks can continue to underwrite credit-related insurance. Insurance ...
International Monetary Fund, 2000
6
Reality, Representation, and Projection
For in all ways of deviating from the actual world as little as possible consistent with removing the support, the laws and the way the cup is intrinsically would underwrite the dispositional conditional — if the cup were struck it would break.
John Haldane, Crispin Wright, 1993
7
Agent-centered Morality: An Aristotelian Alternative to ...
ties that underwrite it explains the role of the goods of activity within practical reason. Among the capacities that underwrite the capacity for boredom are the capacities to find things interesting, satisfying, amusing, fascinating, or captivating.
George W. Harris, 1999
8
Financial Market Regulation: Legislation and Implications
Glass-Steagalldid notaffect this authority, but the act was interpreted to make clear that they could not deal in or underwrite these or other securities. Under this interpretation, banks could not underwrite or deal in mortgage backed securities  ...
John A. Tatom, 2011
9
Democracy and Association
This is why associations, especially those that underwrite public sphere activities, figure importantly into the legitimacy of the state. This is also why totalitarian and authoritarian states always seek to destroy autonomous associations ...
Mark E. Warren, 2001
10
The Deregulation of the Banking and Securities Industries
That program has three prongs: (1) to amend the Glass-Steagall Act to allow banks to underwrite revenue bonds; (2) to amend the Glass-Steagall Act to overrule the Supreme Court's 1971 decision in Investment Company Institute v. Camp ...
Lawrence G. Goldberg, Lawrence J. White, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERWRITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underwrite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Underwrite backs VC and angel investment
The Government's extension of the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund's underwrite facilities through to 2022 will enable NZVIF to continue investing in ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
The insurance industry struggles to underwrite cyber risk, much like …
While the industry has products to address cyber threats, it has not “found the code” to underwrite the risk properly. Cyber is a rapidly evolving, manmade risk. «World Risk and Insurance News, Jun 15»
3
Shell: Insurers May Be Reluctant to Underwrite Carbon Capture …
It cited a range of reasons that “make it difficult for insurers to price the risk, and may thus cause reluctance to underwrite the risk or result in large risk premiums.”. «Insurance Journal, Jun 15»
4
Mayor signs agreement to underwrite Garden Bridge
Boris Johnson has signed a guarantee to underwrite the maintenance and emergency costs of the Garden Bridge despite saying no more public funds would be ... «Building Design, Jun 15»
5
Public purse helped underwrite Duffy's presence at charity events
Cost to taxpayer of flying Sen. Mike Duffy to Vancouver Island for a charity event organized by local Conservatives: $10,652. Amount the event raised: $1,500. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
6
C&J, FSB underwrite Spirit of Recovery 5K
PORTSMOUTH – Portsmouth-based C&J Bus Lines and Federal Savings Bank have joined forces to underwriter the Spirit of Recovery 5K, part of the Dover ... «Seacoastonline.com, May 15»
7
Foundation to underwrite free bus rides April 28
Public transit rides are free April 28 in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties, thanks to a contribution from the Greater Milwaukee ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Apr 15»
8
Endowment for Hillel Academy will underwrite art, music teachers
Stephanie Wontrop, an arts teacher at Hillel Academy, instructs students, from left, Shoshana Levari, 9, Michal Admon, 12, and Ariella Chinn, 10, on Thursday ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar 15»
9
Boris to underwrite Garden Bridge upkeep costs in shock u-turn
The Mayor of London has been accused of misleading taxpayers after it was revealed public money could be used to underwrite the £3.5million annual ... «Architects' Journal, Mar 15»
10
ARMS Surges as Rothschild to Underwrite $100 Million Equity
(Bloomberg) -- Asia Resource Minerals Plc surged in London after founder Nathaniel Rothschild agreed to underwrite $100 million of equity raising to help the ... «Bloomberg, Feb 15»

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