Underwrite
verb
To accept financial risk in return for potential gain, such as the coverage of a policy by an insurer.
The company underwrites homeowners' insurance policies.
Often appears as...
- underwrite an insurance policy
- underwrite a risk
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Formal
Technical
verb
To agree to financially support or guarantee the success of a venture, like a performance or a publication.
A wealthy patron offered to underwrite the cost of the theater production.
Often appears as...
- underwrite the cost
- underwrite a performance
Usage tips
Formal
verb
In financial markets, to act as an intermediary between company offering securities and the public investors.
The major investment bank decided to underwrite the large initial public offering.
Often appears as...
- underwrite a bond issue
- underwrite the equity
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To accept financial risk in return for potential gain, such as the coverage of a policy by an insurer.
The company underwrites homeowners' insurance policies.
Often appears as...
- underwrite an insurance policy
- underwrite a risk
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To agree to financially support or guarantee the success of a venture, like a performance or a publication.
A wealthy patron offered to underwrite the cost of the theater production.
Often appears as...
- underwrite the cost
- underwrite a performance
Usage tips
Formal
verb
In financial markets, to act as an intermediary between company offering securities and the public investors.
The major investment bank decided to underwrite the large initial public offering.
Often appears as...
- underwrite a bond issue
- underwrite the equity
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Risk Assessment
Underwriting involves evaluating the risk of insuring someone or something before providing a policy.
The underwriter assessed the old building's condition before underwriting the property insurance.
Pro Tip 2/2Profit and Loss
Underwriters may face either profit from premiums or loss from too many claims.
After careful analysis, the company underwrote the insurance, aware of potential financial outcomes.
Pro Tip 1/2Risk Assessment
Underwriting involves evaluating the risk of insuring someone or something before providing a policy.
The underwriter assessed the old building's condition before underwriting the property insurance.
Pro Tip 2/2Profit and Loss
Underwriters may face either profit from premiums or loss from too many claims.
After careful analysis, the company underwrote the insurance, aware of potential financial outcomes.
Pro Tip 1/2Risk Assessment
Underwriting involves evaluating the risk of insuring someone or something before providing a policy.
The underwriter assessed the old building's condition before underwriting the property insurance.
Pro Tip 2/2Profit and Loss
Underwriters may face either profit from premiums or loss from too many claims.
After careful analysis, the company underwrote the insurance, aware of potential financial outcomes.
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Alone Across the Outback...
a year ago and never got any answer at all. She asked them if they would like, underwrite her trip. And she thought maybe you might know someone there or she could use your name, because she is just so tired of washing windows and waiting on jerks in pubs and..." I said, "She wants to use my name, fine, you know, whatever." And I thought that would be the end of it,
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Why wildfires have...
And what is that going to do? It's going to create already-burned patches on the landscape that will resist the flow of future fires. We can combine mechanical thinning with some of these treatments where it's appropriate to do so, and capture some commercial value and perhaps underwrite some of these treatments,
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A radical plan to end...
so everyone can see exactly what's going on. From the resin producers to the brands to the consumers, everyone gets to see who is playing the game, who is protecting the Earth, and who doesn't care. And that'll cost about a million dollars a week, and we're going to underwrite that for five years.
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Financial inclusion, the...
We're doing our bit, but what we're doing is really in partnership with others, because we're not a direct-to-consumer company. There's nothing I can do to improve your life directly in terms of being included because I don't open bank accounts, I don't give credit, I don't underwrite insurance
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Misha Glenny investigates...
And instead that money went to underwrite the wars in Yugoslavia and line the pockets of unscrupulous individuals. Now Italian police, when this trade started, had just two boats which could go at the same speed. And this is very important, because the only way you can catch these guys
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Resilient people,...
world's nations underwrote the commitment to have hunger and poverty in the world now these are to be transformed sustainable development goals of new framework unifying University all nations in the world towards sustainable development we propose that this could be the way to do
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The future of money PIPE...
Digital money makes it so that I can pay someone around the world in seconds. Now when this works, it's because there are large institutions underwriting every 1 or 0 that changes on a computer. And when it doesn't, it's often the fault of those large institutions.
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
are these sponsorships from corporations that also wish to balance out their corporate water footprints by returning some water to the environment so it's corporate sponsors that basically underwrite those pledges turn those pledges into dollars that then fund
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COVID-19 unraveled the...
updated our labor laws to think about well how would I underwrite every worker to be able to approach a job as though it's something they're going to do and then leave quickly as I described earlier so there's nothing inherently
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Why are US cities still...
Not only was this legal, but the US Federal Housing Administration promoted racial covenants in their underwriting manual. While constructing new homes, real estate developers began racially restricting them from the outset.
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Alone Across the Outback...
a year ago and never got any answer at all. She asked them if they would like, underwrite her trip. And she thought maybe you might know someone there or she could use your name, because she is just so tired of washing windows and waiting on jerks in pubs and..." I said, "She wants to use my name, fine, you know, whatever." And I thought that would be the end of it,
Video examples
Why wildfires have...
And what is that going to do? It's going to create already-burned patches on the landscape that will resist the flow of future fires. We can combine mechanical thinning with some of these treatments where it's appropriate to do so, and capture some commercial value and perhaps underwrite some of these treatments,
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
so everyone can see exactly what's going on. From the resin producers to the brands to the consumers, everyone gets to see who is playing the game, who is protecting the Earth, and who doesn't care. And that'll cost about a million dollars a week, and we're going to underwrite that for five years.
Video examples
Financial inclusion, the...
We're doing our bit, but what we're doing is really in partnership with others, because we're not a direct-to-consumer company. There's nothing I can do to improve your life directly in terms of being included because I don't open bank accounts, I don't give credit, I don't underwrite insurance
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
And instead that money went to underwrite the wars in Yugoslavia and line the pockets of unscrupulous individuals. Now Italian police, when this trade started, had just two boats which could go at the same speed. And this is very important, because the only way you can catch these guys
Video examples
Resilient people,...
world's nations underwrote the commitment to have hunger and poverty in the world now these are to be transformed sustainable development goals of new framework unifying University all nations in the world towards sustainable development we propose that this could be the way to do
Video examples
The future of money PIPE...
Digital money makes it so that I can pay someone around the world in seconds. Now when this works, it's because there are large institutions underwriting every 1 or 0 that changes on a computer. And when it doesn't, it's often the fault of those large institutions.
Video examples
Sandra Postel: Troubled...
are these sponsorships from corporations that also wish to balance out their corporate water footprints by returning some water to the environment so it's corporate sponsors that basically underwrite those pledges turn those pledges into dollars that then fund
Video examples
COVID-19 unraveled the...
updated our labor laws to think about well how would I underwrite every worker to be able to approach a job as though it's something they're going to do and then leave quickly as I described earlier so there's nothing inherently
Video examples
Why are US cities still...
Not only was this legal, but the US Federal Housing Administration promoted racial covenants in their underwriting manual. While constructing new homes, real estate developers began racially restricting them from the outset.
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Jack Keane
American General
I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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Steve Bullock
American Politician
Tattooed across NASCAR drivers' jumpsuits and over every square inch of their cars are the logos of the companies sponsoring the teams, underwriting the costs, paying their salaries. Everyone can see who the drivers represent and who is footing the bill.
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Alex Berenson
American Author
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and analysts put those profits at risk if they publish negative conclusions about the companies that pay the fees.
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Ophelia Lovibond
English Actress
All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten. They have no internal monologues; they could be absolutely anyone.
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Harvey Fierstein
American Actor
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.
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Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
For some reason, I have always had a really good ability to write children in a way that's realistic but not annoying. The key to that is underwriting them: peel back the dialogue and keep it simple.
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John Paulson
American Businessman
When I purchased my home, it was very strict underwriting standards. I had to provide two pay stubs, two years' tax returns, three months of bank statements, all sorts of credit card information.
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Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.
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Lillian Smith
American Novelist
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.
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Warren Stephens
American Businessman
Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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Jack Keane
American General
I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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Steve Bullock
American Politician
Tattooed across NASCAR drivers' jumpsuits and over every square inch of their cars are the logos of the companies sponsoring the teams, underwriting the costs, paying their salaries. Everyone can see who the drivers represent and who is footing the bill.
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Alex Berenson
American Author
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and analysts put those profits at risk if they publish negative conclusions about the companies that pay the fees.
Quote examples
Ophelia Lovibond
English Actress
All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten. They have no internal monologues; they could be absolutely anyone.
Quote examples
Harvey Fierstein
American Actor
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.
Quote examples
Jeff Lemire
Canadian Artist
For some reason, I have always had a really good ability to write children in a way that's realistic but not annoying. The key to that is underwriting them: peel back the dialogue and keep it simple.
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John Paulson
American Businessman
When I purchased my home, it was very strict underwriting standards. I had to provide two pay stubs, two years' tax returns, three months of bank statements, all sorts of credit card information.
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Stephen Sondheim
American Composer
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.
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Lillian Smith
American Novelist
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.
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Warren Stephens
American Businessman
Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.
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