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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-der-rit-n, uhn-der-rit-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈrɪt n, ˈʌn dərˌrɪt-



Definition of underwritten

Origin :
  • early 15c., from under + write (v.). A loan-translation of Latin subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1620s) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
  • verb endorse, insure
Example sentences :
  • Underwritten by Mr. Basnet is an order to pay this sum, April, 1646.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
  • He is seconded by one member of the committee and underwritten by another.
  • Extract from : « The Exiles of Faloo » by Barry Pain
  • It is necessary that the underwritten Minister should confer with Congress on the subjects just mentioned.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) » by Various
  • The subscription money did not come in with the same readiness with which it had been underwritten.
  • Extract from : « The History of Virginia, in Four Parts » by Robert Beverley
  • Then certain shares, underwritten by his right-hand man, clamored for promised cash.
  • Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
  • Whichever party it is that does this, and does it first and does it best, will be the one that will be underwritten by the people.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • Whitefield examined it, and objected that the Royal authority was not underwritten.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) » by Luke Tyerman
  • But each quarter has its foire, underwritten by the shop-keepers and caf proprietors of the neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • The underwritten further earnestly solicits, that a naval superiority be permanently maintained on the American coast.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
  • The underwritten renews the assurances of the most inviolable attachment on the part of the United States.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various

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