underwrite

underwrite
(past -wrote: past participle -written)
[with obj.]
  1. sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs
    签署(保险单)
    ■accept (a liability or risk) in this way
    通过保险承担(责任或风险)
  2. (of a bank or other financial institution) engage to buy all the unsold shares in (an issue of new shares)
    (银行或其他金融机构)同意买下(未被认购的全部发行股票)
    ■undertake to finance or otherwise support or guarantee (something)
    同意承担…的费用;同意承担…经济负担
    they were willing to underwrite, in part, the construction of a ship.
    他们同意承担部分造船费用。
  3. (archaic)write (something) below something else, especially other written matter
    (旧)在…下面写
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underwriter
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