Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underwrite
Participle: underwritten
Gerund: underwriting
Indicative
Present
| I | underwrite |
| you | underwrite |
| he;she;it | underwrites |
| we | underwrite |
| you | underwrite |
| they | underwrite |
Perfect
| I | have underwritten |
| you | have underwritten |
| he;she;it | has underwritten |
| we | have underwritten |
| you | have underwritten |
| they | have underwritten |
Past
| I | underwrote |
| you | underwrote |
| he;she;it | underwrote |
| we | underwrote |
| you | underwrote |
| they | underwrote |
Pluperfect
| I | had underwritten |
| you | had underwritten |
| he;she;it | had underwritten |
| we | had underwritten |
| you | had underwritten |
| they | had underwritten |
Future
| I | will underwrite |
| you | will underwrite |
| he;she;it | will underwrite |
| we | will underwrite |
| you | will underwrite |
| they | will underwrite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underwritten |
| you | will have underwritten |
| he;she;it | will have underwritten |
| we | will have underwritten |
| you | will have underwritten |
| they | will have underwritten |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underwrite |
| you | underwrite |
| he;she;it | underwrite |
| we | underwrite |
| you | underwrite |
| they | underwrite |
Perfect
| I | have underwritten |
| you | have underwritten |
| he;she;it | have underwritten |
| we | have underwritten |
| you | have underwritten |
| they | have underwritten |
Imperfect
| I | underwrote |
| you | underwrote |
| he;she;it | underwrote |
| we | underwrote |
| you | underwrote |
| they | underwrote |
Pluperfect
| I | had underwritten |
| you | had underwritten |
| he;she;it | had underwritten |
| we | had underwritten |
| you | had underwritten |
| they | had underwritten |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underwrite |
| you | would underwrite |
| he;she;it | would underwrite |
| we | would underwrite |
| you | would underwrite |
| they | would underwrite |
Perfect
| I | would have underwritten |
| you | would have underwritten |
| he;she;it | would have underwritten |
| we | would have underwritten |
| you | would have underwritten |
| they | would have underwritten |
Imperative
| you | underwrite |
| we | Let's underwrite |
| you | underwrite |
Verbs similar to 'underwrite'
underprice,
underprize,
underrate,
underwire,
overwrite,
undecorate,
underbrace,
underbring,
underfire,
underfit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1430, loan-translation of L.
subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1622) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
2. From Middle English underwriten, from Old English underwrītan (“to write at the foot of, write under, subscribe”). Compare Dutch onderschrijven (“to endorse”), German unterschreiben (“to sign; endorse”), Danish underskrive (“to sign; endorse”). By surface analysis, under- + write. See: Dutch '
onderschrijven', German, old spelling '
unterschreiben', Danish '
underskrive'.
Verbs referencing "underwrite"
Russian
подписать.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:]
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The broker who procures the insurance […]ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. [1810, Samuel Marshall, Of marine insurance:]
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Diſguiſe the holy ſtrength of their command: / And vnder write in an obſeruing kinde [c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:]