underwriting Synonyms & Antonyms

present participle and gerund of underwrite

To write below or under; subscribe.

To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.

To sign; to put one's name to.

To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.

Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.

To act as an underwriter.

To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.

To submit to; put up with.

The act of something being underwritten financially.