underwrite

Verb

guarantee financial support of
protect by insurance
To write below or under; subscribe.
To subscribe (a document, policy etc.) with one's name.
To sign; to put one's name to.
To agree to pay by signing one's name; subscribe.
Specifically, to assume financial responsibility for something, and guarantee it against failure.
To act as an underwriter.
To support, lend support to, guarantee the basis of.
To submit to; put up with.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

cover, insure, subvent, subvention

Scrabble Score: 14

underwrite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
underwrite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
underwrite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

underwrite: valid Words With Friends Word