underwrote
Meaning
simple past of underwrite
underwrite
- (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.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌn.dɚˈɹoʊt/
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