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underwriter

underwriter noun: an entity assuming a financial risk.

Noun

underwriter (plural underwriters)

  1. An entity assuming a financial risk.
  2. A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
  3. An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
    • They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.

underwriter meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian

underwriter in Tamil

காப்பீட்டாளர், உறுதி கொடுப்போர், ஒப்புறுதியாளர், ஓர் இடரை ஆராய்ந்து, ஒப்புறுதியாளர்கள் கழிவு பெறுபவர்கள்

underwriter in Urdu

بیمہ دار, بیمہ کار, بیمے والا

underwriter in Indonesian

A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
penilai
An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
penjamin emisi

Forms of underwriter

pluralunderwriters

Plural of underwriter: underwriters

Origin of underwriter

From underwrite + -er.

Questions about underwriter

What does underwriter mean?
Underwriter means an entity assuming a financial risk.
What is underwriter in Tamil?
Underwriter in Tamil is காப்பீட்டாளர், உறுதி கொடுப்போர், ஒப்புறுதியாளர். See Underwriter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is underwriter?
Underwriter is a noun.
What is the plural of underwriter?
The plural of underwriter is underwriters.

Words near underwriter in the dictionary

  1. underwrappings
  2. underwraps
  3. underwrit
  4. underwrite
  5. underwrited
  6. underwriter
  7. underwriter's knot
  8. underwriter's knots
  9. underwriters
  10. underwrites
  11. underwriting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwriter (page history and authors); underwriter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underwriter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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