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Underwrite

verb

(past underwrote, obs. underwrit; past part. underwritten, obs. underwrit; pres. part. underwriting)

Guarantee financial support of. Synonyms: subvent, subvention.

Protect by insurance. Synonyms: cover, insure.

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... Vessel of the State are unsound and the Man at the Helm is unskilful, would those great Marine Insurers, who rank among our world-famed merchant-princes—would they insure her, gentlemen? Would they underwrite her? Would they incur a risk in her? Would they have confidence in her? Why, gentlemen, if I appealed to my honourable friend upon my right, himself among the greatest and most respected of that great and much respected class, ...

— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

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Words linked to "Underwrite" : indemnify, compensate, guarantee, undertake, warrant, reinsure, overcompensate