Financial Definition of Underwrite
Meaning of Underwrite
To guarantee, as to guarantee the issuer of securities a specified price by entering into a purchase and sale agreement. To bring securities to market.
Synonyms of Underwrite
verb
- agree to support
- assume a risk
- assure
- back
- consent to support
- countersign
- endorse
- finance
- fund
- guarantee
- guaranty
- insure
- pledge
- promise
- secure
- shoulder
- sponsor
- support
- take responsibility
- undertake
- uphold
- vouch for
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Underwrite Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Underwrite in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: To assume the RISK of buying a new ISSUE of securities from the issuing CORPORATION or government entity and reselling them to the public, either directly or through dealers.
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