underwrite
4 synonyms for underwrite, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To write your name underneath something, especially to show your agreement.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
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Rare, literary or technical
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subvention
subvent
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English underwriten, which developed from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”) and Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, it is under- + wri...
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