underwriter
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underwriters
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a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
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a person or company that underwrites shares or bonds.
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a person or organization that finances something; backer.
the underwriters of the ballet company.
noun
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a person or enterprise that underwrites public issues of shares, bonds, etc
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a person or enterprise that underwrites insurance policies
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an employee or agent of an insurance company who assesses risks and determines the premiums payable
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of underwriter
First recorded in 1610–20; underwrite + -er 1
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Plus, Oura’s IPO filing lists a surprise underwriter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Lead underwriter Goldman Sachs erected models just a few weeks ago of SpaceX rockets in the lobby of its New York headquarters.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The underwriter was, in part, questioning how the couple had earned $25 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Milling about, too, was Othelyn Elaine Little, 25, an insurance underwriter from Yonkers, New York.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Such a craft as this was Grog, his own captain: himself the crew, he had neither owner nor underwriter; and yet, amidst the assembled navies of the world, he would have shown his bunting!
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
The models, which some on Wall Street see as lofty, can factor into the ultimate valuation a company and its underwriters aim for in the IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The filing lists 18 firms as underwriters, and Oura said Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Allen & Co. and Jefferies were the lead bookrunners on the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Intel also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 31.6 million additional shares at the offering price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
SpaceX sold approximately 639 million shares to the public through its IPO and as the underwriters fully exercised their overallotment options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Even so, the fire prompted insurance underwriters to take a closer look at the building, and what they saw frightened them.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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