Not every company can afford to underwrite such an expensive event.
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Underwrite
/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/
Synonyms for "underwrite" (134 found)
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12 entriesIPO underwritingbond underwritingcasualty underwritingdonor pledgefoundation grantgovernment granthealth underwritinglife underwritingloan underwritingproperty underwritingrights issue underwritingsponsorship program
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5 entriesIPO underwritingbond underwritingunderwrite a loanunderwrite riskunderwriting agreement
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Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
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The broker who procures the insurance […]ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.
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Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde
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