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verb (used with object)
1.
to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
2.
to sign one's name, as to a document.
3.
to show agreement with or to support by or as if by signing one's name to, as a statement or decision.
4.
to bind oneself to contribute a sum of money to (an undertaking): Wealthy music lovers underwrote the experimental concerts.
5.
EXPANDto guarantee the sale of (a security issue to be offered to the public for subscription).
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Underwriting
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English, translation of Latin subscrībere to write underneath, sign, subscribe
1400–50; late Middle English, translation of Latin subscrībere to write underneath, sign, subscribe
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Word Origin & History
underwrite
c.1430, loan-translation of L. subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1622) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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