Meanings
noununderwriter (plural underwriters)
plural underwriters
- An entity assuming a financial risk.
- businessAn entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
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nounan agent who sells insurance
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nouna financial institution that sells insurance
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Broader
nondepository financial institution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian поръчител
- поръчител (porăčitel)An entity assuming a financial risk
Chinese Mandarin 承保人
- 承保人 (chéngbǎorén)A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
Finnish yhteyspäällikkö, riskiasiantuntija
- yhteyspäällikköAn entity assuming a financial risk
- riskiasiantuntijaA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
German Risikoabsicherer, Risikoträger
- RisikoabsichererAn entity assuming a financial risk
- RisikoträgerAn entity assuming a financial risk
- VersicherungssachbearbeiterA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- VersicherungsmitarbeiterA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- UnderwriterA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- ZeichnerAn entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
Indonesian penilai, penjamin emisi
- penilaiA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- penjamin emisiAn entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
Norwegian Bokmål assurandør
- assurandørAn entity assuming a financial risk
Polish asekurant, asekurator
- asekurantA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- asekuratorA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- ubezpieczycielA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
Spanish asegurador, aseguradora
- aseguradorAn entity assuming a financial risk
- aseguradoraAn entity assuming a financial risk
- entidad aseguradoraAn entity assuming a financial risk
- aseguradorA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- aseguradoraA person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured
- asegurador financieroAn entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
- aseguradora financieraAn entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
Swedish försäkringsgivare
- försäkringsgivareAn entity assuming a financial risk
Cite this entry
APA
underwriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwriter
MLA
“underwriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwriter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underwriter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwriter.
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