underwrite
Significat (Anglès)
- (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
- (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
- (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
- (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
- (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
- (intransitive) To act as an underwriter.
- (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
- (obsolete, transitive) To submit to; put up with.
Conceptes
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Traduccions
asegurar
assurer
firmare
segurar
ασφαλίζω
unterschreiben
verzekerenPronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English underwriten, from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”), Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, under- + write.
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