underwriter
Americannoun
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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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Working as an underwriter should give Robinhood more influence over the number of shares ultimately set aside for its customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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 loan underwriter said he wanted to be removed from the mortgage, according to documents.
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
Don't forget that Cole is clever, but not the careful underwriter Mr. Osgood is, and that O'Connor was out to make a record for premium income.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
Revere Securities, one of the top underwriters of foreign penny-stock IPOs, agrees to an $800,000 fine for failing to flag suspicious activity without admitting or denying the findings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 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
Bankers wore green Nike sneakers in a nod to SpaceX’s “greenshoe” option, which allowed the underwriters to sell more shares than originally planned in the event of heavy demand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
“If the sum insured is large, let’s say $20 million or more, underwriters will typically ask for a full medical exam,” says Paul Bassman, managing director at the insurance broker Higginbotham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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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