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单词 underwriter
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underwritern.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌrʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌraɪdər/
Etymology: < underwrite v.1
1. A subscriber to, or shareholder in, a mercantile venture. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading venture or speculation > one who > specific types
underwriter1616
long1855
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > speculation > speculator
adventurer1466
venturer1530
underwriter1616
entrepreneur1762
speculator1778
speculatist1812
operator1828
entrepreneuse1836
boomster1879
boomer1883
1616 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 250 For your venture in the East India Company I know not what to say... It's thought the King might do well to call to all the underwriters for a supply.
2. One who underwrites an insurance policy; spec. one who carries on an insurance business, esp. of shipping.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > underwriter
underwriter1622
writer1816
sub-underwriter1895
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 166 The later vnder~writers of the Assurors do not beare any part of the losse, but make restitution of the Premio.
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 53 An Abuse crept into the World for the Advantage of the Under-writers.
1791 J. Bentham Panopticon 71 He would get underwriter's profit by me; but let him get that and welcome.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xviii. 313 The plate presented me by the merchants and underwriters of Lloyd's.
1874 F. C. Burnand My Time vii. 65 The fearful gales..had resulted in serious losses to the underwriters.
3. One who appends his name to a writing; a subscriber. Obsolete.
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > subscribing to a document > one who
subscriber1574
underwritera1639
underscriber1681
undersubscriber1681
undersigner1753
maker1848
a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 458 I have now no more to say, but that while the foresaid report shall be false, The under-writer is Truly yours H. Wotton.
4. A subordinate writer or clerk.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > clerical
clerk1512
underwriter1654
conicopoly1680
karkun1803
babu1823
pen-pusher1875
pencil pusher1881
mabalane1925
paper-pusher1942
1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 288 Part of these words which Bellarmine, and from him the under-writers object.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 262 Under them is the 60 Clerks and other under writers.
5. One who engages to take up a certain number of company shares (see underwrite v.1 4b).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of
profit taker1552
bull1714
bear1718
fund-monger1734
lame duck1806
stag1845
taker-in1852
cornerer1869
wrecker1876
corner-man1881
market-rigger1881
boursocrat1882
offeror1882
ribbon clerk1882
inflater1884
manipulator1888
underwriter1889
kangaroo1896
piker1898
share pusher1898
specialist1900
tailer1900
writer1906
placee1953
corporate raider1955
tippee1961
raider1972
bottom fisher1974
white knight1978
greenmailer1984
1889 Lindley Company Law Index s.v. Difference between underwriter and person agreeing to place shares.
1897 Times Law Rep. 13 570/2 If..underwriter substitutes could not be procured, the Globe Company remained underwriter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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