英语词汇“underwrite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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underwrite

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	underwrite
	he, she, it	underwrites
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	underwrote
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have underwritten
	he, she, it	has underwritten
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had underwritten
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will underwrite
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have underwritten

Continuous Form
Present	I	am underwriting
	he, she, it	is underwriting
	you, we, they	are underwriting
Past	I, he, she, it	was underwriting
	you, we, they	were underwriting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been underwriting
	he, she, it	has been underwriting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been underwriting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be underwriting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been underwriting

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The British government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of £5 million.
The project is underwritten by a National Science Foundation grant.
The venture was underwritten by several companies.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A more selective approach to underwriting Commercial motor business has also been adopted following adverse experience on major fleets.
His definite line was that they too were up against spending limits and therefore unable to underwrite any conference at that time.
Merit Capital Associates of Westport, Connecticut, is underwriting the offering.
The discount houses have a traditional undertaking to underwrite the whole of the Treasury bill tender.
They are adept at arranging huge loans, underwriting stock offerings and putting together multinational mergers.

Longman Language Activatorto provide money to help someone do something► subsidize

also subsidise British if a government or other organization subsidizes something, it pays part of the cost: · Many companies subsidize meals for their workers.· a government-subsidized health service· The city council subsidizes the local orchestra.

► sponsor

if a company sponsors something such as sports event, a theatre, or an art show, it provides some of the money that is needed, often as a form of advertising: · The new league will be sponsored by Pepsi Cola.· The bank is sponsoring an art exhibition.

► fund

to provide all the money needed to pay for something, especially an important or expensive plan: · Both schools and industry will be involved in funding the new training projects.· a charity funded by private donations· The state should fund the arts for the benefit of us all.

► bankroll

informal to provide the money for something such as a business or a plan: · The competition is being bankrolled by a New York businessman and computer enthusiast.· Ed Bass, a millionaire from Texas, bankrolled the Biosphere project.

► underwrite

to provide the money needed for something and agree to take responsibility and pay any debts if it fails: · The British government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of £5 million.· The venture was underwritten by several companies.

► put money into

to provide some of the money needed to start or continue in business, hoping that you will get more money back if the business is successful: · Small investors and large companies have both put money into the exhibition.· He put all his money into a dotcom company that later failed.

► finance/back

to provide the money needed to pay for something, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: · The government uses money from taxes to finance higher education.· She gave swimming lessons to finance her stay in Australia.· It's a great show, but he can't find anyone to back it.· The bank is eager to back business ideas by local people.

► pour money into

to provide a lot of money over a period of time to pay for something, especially something that will later be unsuccessful: · Many biotech companies are not yet profitable, as they continue to pour money into research and trials.

► throw money at

to provide a lot of money for something, especially government money - use this when you do not think that this is the best way of solving a problem or improving a situation: · The way to solve the education crisis is not necessarily to throw money at it.· The Republicans see him as a liberal whose only solution to the nation's problems was to throw money at them.

WORD SETS► Insurance

accident insurance, act of God, nounactuary, nounagainst all risks, adverbagreed-value insurance, all-risks, adjectiveall-risks insurance, annuitant, nounannuity insurance, assurance, nounautomobile insurance, average clause, average statement, aviation insurance, benefit, nounblanket insurance, block insurance, Blue Shield, nounbroker's lien, buildings and contents insurance, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, capital sum, capital surplus, car insurance, casualty insurance, certificate of existence, nouncertificate of insurance, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nouncivil commotion, nounclassification society, nounCLU, coinsurance, nouncoinsure, verbcomprehensive insurance, contingency insurance, cover, verbcover, nouncoverage, nouncover note, nouncredit insurance, death futures, declaration insurance, deferment period, disability insurance, encash, verbendowment policy, nounengineering insurance, excepted perils, nounexpense ratio, export insurance, extended coverage, face amount, fidelity insurance, fire insurance, floater, nounfloating insurance, flood insurance, free of particular average, adjectivefriendly society, noungeneral average contribution, group insurance, health plan, nounhomeowner's insurance, household insurance, indemnify, verbindemnity, nounindustrial injuries insurance, Institute Clauses, nounInstitute of London Underwriters, nouninsurance adjuster, nouninsurance broker, nouninsurance policy, nouninsurance premium, nouninsure, verbinsured, adjectiveinsurer, nounliability insurance, life assurance, nounlife insurance, nounlike-for-like, adjectiveloading, nounlong-tail, adjectiveloss adjuster, nounmarine insurance, material fact, nounmedical insurance, moral hazard, mortgage protection insurance, motor insurance, National Insurance, nounno-claims bonus, nounopen insurance, particular average, policy, nounpremium, nounpremium income, property and liability insurance, protection, nounreinsure, verbrenewal premium, risk, nounsalvor, nounsubrogation, nounsurrender value, term insurance, third party, fire and theft insurance, travel insurance, underwrite, verbunderwriter, noununemployment insurance, valued insurance, whole-life insurance, with profits, adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bond

· Trading revenue rose to $ 164 million from $ 77 million, on higher bond trading and underwriting fees.· Securities, Inc., a bond underwriting firm that does substantial business with the state.

► costs

· It has become usual practice for record companies to advance bands some money to underwrite the costs of these first tours.· As a result, Smithsonian officials are asking interested cities to underwrite the installation costs for any future visits.· Gloucester was also to some extent underwriting the costs of government himself.· It also demanded that the Government immediately underwrite the total costs facing islanders and the local authority.

► issue

· They are quoted on the Stock Exchange and underwritten by similar institutions to those which underwrite share issues.· The secondary market contributes to the primary market by enabling a wide range of institutions to participate in underwriting new issues.

► security

· It will also seek profit through securities underwriting.