underwrite

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To write below or under; subscribe.
2. verb To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
3. verb To sign; to put one's name to.
4. verb To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
5. verb Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
6. verb To act as an underwriter.
7. verb To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
8. verb To submit to; put up with.

Similar words

insure cover fund finance defray guarantee subscribe endorse ensure sign

Often followed by

the a and their his an its it this

Word family

underwrites underwriting underwritten underwrote