'Underwrite' definitions:

Definition of 'underwrite'

From: WordNet
verb
Guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank" [syn: underwrite, subvention, subvent]
verb
Protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this" [syn: cover, insure, underwrite]

Definition of 'Underwrite'

From: GCIDE
  • Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Underwrite'

From: GCIDE
  • Underwrite \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. [1913 Webster]
  • What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'underwrite'

From: Moby Thesaurus