underwrote

Meaning of underwrote

verb, past tense
  1. sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.
    the policy, underwritten at Lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts
    the individuals whose assets support underwriting at Lloyd's
  2. (of a bank or other financial institution) pledge to buy all the unsold shares in (an issue of new shares).
    the purchase is being paid for by a share issue, which has been underwritten
  3. write (something) below something else, especially other written matter.
    each subscriber should underwrite his reason for the place he allots his candidate

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Hyphenation of underwrote

un-der-wrote

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • underwrote is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with underwrote

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