underwrite

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

asegurar

assurer

firmare

segurar

sottoscrivere

ασφαλίζω

unterschreiben

subscribir

assicurare

subscrever

verzekeren

avalar

souscrire

garantire

assureren

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: underwriten

Унаследовано от староанглийский: underwrītan

Родственно нидерландский: onderschrijven

Родственно немецкий: unterschreiben

Родственно датский: 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.