underwrite

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.
2. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
3. (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.
4. (transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
5. (transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
6. (intransitive) To act as an underwriter.
7. (transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To submit to; put up with.

Έννοιες

ασφαλίζω

εγγυώμαι

Συνώνυμα

insure

sign

guarantee

subvention

warrant

endorse

vouch

assure

cover

subvent

back

🔙

certify

secure

initial

sponsor

subscribe

ensure

brace

brace up

buttress

carry

convince

execute

exercise

finance

fulfil

indemnify

indorse

inscribe

keep

meet

moor

observe

patronage

perform

persuade

pledge

plight

promise

prop

prop up

protect

protest

reassure

register

reinforce

rest

reward

safeguard

second

2nd

Μεταφράσεις

asegurar

assurer

segurar

firmare

sottoscrivere

unterschreiben

assicurare

subscrever

verzekeren

subscribir

assureren

garantire

avalar

onderschrijven

zeichnen

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: underwriten

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: underwrītan

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: onderschrijven

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: unterschreiben

Συγγενές με Δανικά: underskrive

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.