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Underwrite

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WordDefinition
coververbA lid.
insureverb(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.

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insureverb(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
coververbA lid.
fundverbA sum or source of money.
financeverb(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
defrayverbTo pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
guaranteeverbTo give an assurance that something will be done right.
subscribeverb(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
endorseverb(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
ensureverb(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
signverb(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
supportverb(transitive) To help keep from falling.
assumeverbTo authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
embraceverb(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
bearverb(now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
underlieverb(transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
undersignTo subscribe; sign one's name at the foot of.
ascribeverb(transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
underlayverb(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
submitverb(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
underpinverb(transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.

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