noun
Meaning 1
An entity assuming a financial risk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underwriter
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noun
Meaning 2
A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, insurance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a financial institution that sells insurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurer, insurance underwriter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nondepository financial institution
noun
Meaning 5
an agent who sells insurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent, factor, broker
noun
Meaning 6
a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: investment banker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent, factor, broker
Narrower terms: killer bee
History
Etymology
From underwrite + -er.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поръчител (porǎčitel) — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Finnish: yhteyspäällikkö — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Georgian: ანდერაიტერი (anderaiṭeri) — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Georgian: დამზღვევი (damzɣvevi) — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Georgian: მზღვეველი (mzɣveveli) — An entity assuming a financial risk
- German: Risikoabsicherer — An entity assuming a financial risk
- German: Risikoträger — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Norwegian Bokmål: assurandør — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Spanish: asegurador — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Spanish: aseguradora — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Spanish: entidad aseguradora — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Swedish: försäkringsgivare — An entity assuming a financial risk
- Chinese Mandarin: 承保人 (chéngbǎorén) — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Finnish: riskiasiantuntija — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- German: Versicherungssachbearbeiter — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- German: Versicherungsmitarbeiter — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- German: Underwriter — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Indonesian: penilai — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Polish: asekurant — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Polish: asekurator — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Polish: ubezpieczyciel — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Spanish: asegurador — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- Spanish: aseguradora — A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- German: Zeichner — An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
- Indonesian: penjamin emisi — An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
- Spanish: asegurador financiero — An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
- Spanish: aseguradora financiera — An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.