underwriter
noun
a person or company that underwrites policies of insurance or carries on insurance as a business.
underwriters
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pluralof underwriter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
As part of its stock offering, Intel expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to $2.25 billion of additional shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The successful flotation raised about $8.5 billion for the 7% of shares that were offered although the over-allotment of shares, allows underwriters to increase that to around $10 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 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
