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(transitive) To write below or under; subscribe. / (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name. / (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.

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underwrite

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Source Word

underwrite

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʌndəɹaɪt/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To write below or under; subscribe. / (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name. / (transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.

Japanese Meaning

書面の下部に名前を記入する、署名する / （保険等の契約について）引受をする、保証する

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After reviewing the document, she asked him to underwrite his name beneath the final paragraph.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

書類を確認した後、彼女は彼に最終段落の下に名前を書くよう頼んだ。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To write below or under; subscribe.

Sense（2）

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

Sense（3）

(transitive) To sign; to put one's name to.

Sense（4）

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

Sense（5）

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

Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.

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