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Antonyms for underwrite

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-der-rahyt, uhn-der-rahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈraɪt, ˈʌn dərˌraɪt


Definition of underwrite

Origin :
  • early 15c., from under + write (v.). A loan-translation of Latin subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1620s) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
  • verb endorse, insure
Example sentences :
  • I shall not underwrite the name till you have judged of my painting.
  • Extract from : « Secresy » by E. (Eliza) Fenwick
  • And the firm can underwrite the last hundred thousand, and that will clean it up.
  • Extract from : « Tutt and Mr. Tutt » by Arthur Train
  • Is it all right for us to underwrite the stock ourselves at half price?
  • Extract from : « Tutt and Mr. Tutt » by Arthur Train
  • The association will also underwrite the bonds and preference shares.
  • Extract from : « The Harris-Ingram Experiment » by Charles E. Bolton
  • Ascher, Stutz & Co. will underwrite the new issues and take three and one-half per cent.
  • Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
  • The brokers fell over one another to underwrite the offering by telegraph.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice
  • (Mr. Grierson's eye fell on me), "and sell it out to the public, if you underwrite it, for two million or so."
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • I'd undertake to underwrite the whole English-speaking world to keep peace, under our leadership.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • On learning that we were intending to enter Hudson Straits, the agent refused to underwrite us: it was too ugly a risk.
  • Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
  • The parents had agreed to underwrite lunches at the barn and Betty Miller philosophically assumed the role of commissary officer.
  • Extract from : « Junior Achievement » by William Lee

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