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underwriters

underwriters is the plural of underwriter.

Meaning of underwriter

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.

Questions about underwriters

What is underwriters the plural of?
Underwriters is the plural of underwriter.

Words near underwriters in the dictionary

  1. underwrite
  2. underwrited
  3. underwriter
  4. underwriter's knot
  5. underwriter's knots
  6. underwriters
  7. underwrites
  8. underwriting
  9. underwritings
  10. underwritten
  11. underwrote

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