Not every company can afford to underwrite such an expensive event.
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Underwrite
//ˈʌndəɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "underwrite" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
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1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
9 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- подписвам verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Dutch
1 entries- onderschrijven verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Finnish
1 entries- allekirjoittaa verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
German
1 entries- unterschreiben verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Manx
1 entries- fo-yial verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Polish
2 entries- odpisać verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
- ubezpieczyć verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Spanish
1 entries- suscribir verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Welsh
1 entries- tanysgrifio verb (to assume financial responsibility for something)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
The broker who procures the insurance […]ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony.
Source: wiktionary
Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde
Source: wiktionary
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