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underwriter

[ uhn-der-rahy-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
  2. a person or company that underwrites shares or bonds.
  3. a person or organization that finances something; backer:

    the underwriters of the ballet company.



underwriter

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noun

  1. a person or enterprise that underwrites public issues of shares, bonds, etc
    1. a person or enterprise that underwrites insurance policies
    2. an employee or agent of an insurance company who assesses risks and determines the premiums payable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of underwriter1

First recorded in 1610–20; underwrite + -er 1
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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.

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Instead of merely running a company logo before its programming, PBS let corporate underwriters place messages that looked more like standard commercials.

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It has the potential to raise more capital if underwriters exercise a 30-day option to sell an additional 1.32 million shares.

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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.

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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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