(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
Used in a Sentence
underwritten
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for underwritten.
Editorial note
But with the Affordable Care Act, individual plans are no longer medically underwritten, so how are those groups helpful?
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of underwritten gathered in one view.
(intransitive, insurance) To act as an underwriter.
(transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for underwritten.
verb
(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
verb
(intransitive, insurance) To act as an underwriter.
verb
(transitive) To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
verb
(transitive) To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
Example sentences
But with the Affordable Care Act, individual plans are no longer medically underwritten, so how are those groups helpful?
Just look at all the people who had 'safe' accounts in Cyprus, or in the US underwritten by FannieMae.
It's not researchers in general, it's the weird outliers who coincidentally are being underwritten by vested interests.
The solution to instant confirmations are in the form of 'latency insurance', underwritten by a trusted provider.
In Argentina, most contracts were underwritten in dollars, so the government delayed devaluation as much as possible.
Most of these people do not have the funds for a mortgage and can't be underwritten.
It's a lot easier when your national security is underwritten by the world's largest military force.
Isn't decommissioning nuclear power plants still basically a huge bill underwritten by the tax payer?
They are the sole reason small group health insurance isn't medically underwritten and you aren't a financial disaster for your employer.
This is effectively the difference in market clearing functions between cash-only and government-underwritten credit-based markets.
These are both huge leaps forward in providing actual networks for podcasters, publicly funded, and NOT primarily underwritten by a broadcast show.
Except that they could abolish the army because USA has underwritten their security.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use underwritten in a sentence?
But with the Affordable Care Act, individual plans are no longer medically underwritten, so how are those groups helpful?
What does underwritten mean?
(transitive) Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
What part of speech is underwritten?
underwritten is commonly used as verb.