搜尋結果
underwrite
- IPA[ˈəndə(r)ˌrīt]
美式
- sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.;accept (a liability or risk) under an insurance policy
verb: underwrite, 3rd person present: underwrites, gerund or present participle: underwriting, past tense: underwrote, past participle: underwritten
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.
- ▪ accept (a liability or risk) under an insurance policy the insurance companies have underwritten just over half the risk
- 2. (of a bank or other financial institution) pledge to buy all the unsold shares in (an issue of new securities).
- ▪ undertake to finance or otherwise support or guarantee (something) they were willing to underwrite the construction of a ship
- 3. archaic write (something) below something else, especially other written matter each subscriber should underwrite his reason for the place he allots his candidate