underwriting
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- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌraɪtɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
financiación
- The way it's supposed to work is that annual claims are less than the annual premium, resulting in what's called an "underwriting profit."
- underwriting costs
- underwriting support
- underwriting projects
Examples
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Other sources included listener and viewer contributions, university and foundation support, and business underwriting.
Blog text (9) -
New Jersey's Joint Underwriting Association chalked up $3 billion in losses before the legislature recently dismantled it.
Academic text (1991) -
As of now, the the folks that could probably do the best cash flow underwriting on us are the banks themselves.
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If underwriting volumes continue to rise, this could be a great, great year.
Blog text (26) -
Many of those opportunities are made possible by strong underwriting support from AIP.
Academic text (2012) -
In fact, your center is funded by Unilever, from what I can see, so attracting corporate underwriting was critical to its existence.
Blog text (34) -
The NonProfit Times reports that the loss of Enron's underwriting of free subscription renewals for the opera will amount to a $75,000 annual loss.
Academic text (2002) -
We employ the following classification: full-service banks are active in underwriting and brokerage; syndicate banks are active in the distribution of new offers and brokerage but do not underwrite new issues; brokerage firms are not active in investment banking; and independent research firms do neither.
Academic text (2016) -
The theater project relied on generous underwriting to cover its operational costs.
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Without the underwriting from local sponsors, the charity event would not have been possible.
Antonyms
How Supportive
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
underwriting = underwrite (opaque) = under + write + ing
Formation of a gerund/nominalization (-ing) from the verb 'underwrite' is a regular and transparent process.
Etymology
Underwriting comes from the old practice of people writing their names under a deal to promise money. The parts under- ('below') and write ('to sign') help you remember that it means giving financial support or a guarantee.