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- Underwrite - v. t. - To write under something else; to subscribe.
- Underwrite - v. t. - 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.
- Underwrite - v. i. - To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
- Underwriter - n. - One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
- Underwrite - v. t. - 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.