underwrite

underwrite is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To write under something else; to subscribe. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To write under something else; to subscribe.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
4. verb. guarantee financial support of

   "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

   Synonyms: subvent, subvention

5. verb. protect by insurance

   "The insurance won't cover this"

   Synonyms: cover, insure

Synonyms

subvent, subvention, cover, insure

Common word forms

underwriter, underwrites, underwriting

Words from these letters

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