Synonyms for underwrite
ˌʌn dərˈraɪt, ˈʌn dərˌraɪtun·der·write

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1. underwrite, subvention, subventverb

   guarantee financial support of

   "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

   Synonyms:
   subvention, cover, subvent, insure

2. cover, insure, underwriteverb

   protect by insurance

   "The insurance won't cover this"

   Synonyms:
   brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, guarantee, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, see, see to it, cut through, deal, assure, shroud, secure, control, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, ensure, handle, ascertain, cover, cross, get across, subvention, cover up, insure, subvent, check

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1. underwriteverb

   Synonyms:
   subscribe, undersign

2. underwriteverb

   Synonyms:
   insure

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1. underwriteverb

   Synonyms:
   insure, subscribe

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How to use underwrite in a sentence?

1. John Wood:

   We have huge demand. And we have donors who are willing to underwrite it and you've got the FDA freezing the market.

2. Van Naarden:

   How big will they be? What's the development plan? When will they get approved? Like, I don't yet know all that. Obviously we have projections, but you can see enough to say OK, this is real, and we can underwrite paying a bigger price than we pay for some real preclinical thing. So that's been a big part of where we've been focused in addition to running the high-volume, early-stage strategy.

3. Anant Kumar:

   That cuts across sectors... It's genuinely case-by-case. You have to underwrite the margins, the pricing power, the coverage.

4. Robert Wildhack:

   All these different platforms say they can underwrite in unique ways, this will be the first chance we have to see who is right and who might have been taking shortcuts.

5. Nuno Estacio:

   This is a positive development for Abengoa after (previous) news that the banks were not willing to underwrite the capital increase. However we think it will take time and delivery of the goals to regain investor confidence.