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Underwriter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An entity assuming a financial risk.
  2. 2
    a financial institution that sells insurance wordnet
  3. 3
    A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
  4. 4
    an agent who sells insurance wordnet
  5. 5
    An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

    "They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis."

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  1. 6
    a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities wordnet

Etymology

From underwrite + -er.

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