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underwriter
[ uhn-der-rahy-ter ]
noun
- a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
- a person or company that underwrites shares or bonds.
- a person or organization that finances something; backer:
the underwriters of the ballet company.
underwriter
/ ˈʌ²Ô»åəˌ°ù²¹Éª³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- a person or enterprise that underwrites public issues of shares, bonds, etc
- a person or enterprise that underwrites insurance policies
- an employee or agent of an insurance company who assesses risks and determines the premiums payable
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of underwriter1
Example Sentences
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, has ordered an investigation into PBS and NPR regarding whether member stations violated government rules by identifying their programming underwriters on the air.
Instead of merely running a company logo before its programming, PBS let corporate underwriters place messages that looked more like standard commercials.
It has the potential to raise more capital if underwriters exercise a 30-day option to sell an additional 1.32 million shares.
But it was also unpopular among the bloc’s richest nations that are the underwriters of such debt, and net contributors to the bloc’s spending.
State Attorney General Letitia James’ office filed papers giving Trump’s lawyers or the bond underwriter 10 days to “justify†the bond — essentially, to show that the company can make good on it.
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