underwrite
verb (used with object)
to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
have underwritten
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present perfectof underwrite.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"There are some very large syndicated deals which will be causing banks that have underwritten those deals a real headache on their balance sheet for a considerable period of time," said Allen & Overy's Clark.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2022
Her living wages, she realized, would have underwritten the erasure of another peoples' cosmology.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2021
The gathering in Texas will include a private fundraiser attended by brothers Farris and Dan Wilks, who have underwritten one of three super PACs backing Cruz.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2015
Since the start of the investigation, there’s also been the so-called Syrian track, which suggests that Syrian agents may have underwritten the attack.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 31, 2015
Four organizations have underwritten over $500,000,000 of insurance and one of them in a single year paid claims amounting to $1,135,000.
From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz
