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Definition: UNDERWRITING |
UNDERWRITINGNoun1. The business of an underwriter, Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Underwrite |
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Business | The public offering of new securities. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | The shareholder who wants cash accepts then offeror's bid and at the same time accepts the merchant bank's offer to buy the securities which the offeror will issue to him. This arrangement by the merchant bank is known as underwriting, but it should not be confused with the underwriting of an issue of securities offered by a company to the public for subscription in cash. [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: UNDERWRITING |
| English words defined with "UNDERWRITING": investment banker ♦ underwriter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "UNDERWRITING": coordinating agent, coordinator, program planning ♦ DEPUTY INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, director, underwriter sales, DIRECTOR, UNDERWRITER SOLICITATION ♦ fair lending practices regulations ♦ individual minimum capital requirement, INSPECTOR, BOILER ♦ Lloyd's associates, Lloyd's name, loss-control technician ♦ managing agent, MORTGAGE LOAN PROCESSOR ♦ non-underwritten facilities, note issuance facility ♦ policy-issue supervisor, PROGRAM PROPOSALS COORDINATOR ♦ Qualitative coinsurance, Quantitative coinsurance ♦ REINSURANCE CLERK ♦ safety engineer, SAFETY INSPECTOR, safety-engineer, pressure vessels, stamp allocated capacity, SUPERVISOR, UNDERWRITING CLERKS ♦ underwriting agent, underwriting analyst, UNDERWRITING CLERK, underwritten facilities. (references) |
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Business | The private retirement system has a requirement for underwriting of life insurance for its members, who are over 30 percent of the economically active population of Argentina. (references) | |
Furthermore, the GOE gives exclusive contracts to state-owned insurance companies wishing to bid on social insurance contracts and government underwriting, which helps to explain the dominant status of these companies. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | As currently written, the law does not apply to the underwriting or trading of foreign currency ("B") shares. (references) |
Costa Rica | The State retains a monopoly, through its insurance company (INS), on all underwriting of life, health, and commercial insurance policies. (references) | |
Egypt | The law permits the establishment of Egyptian and foreign companies that provide underwriting of subscriptions, brokerage services, securities and mutual funds management, clearance and settlement of security transactions, and venture capital activities. (references) | |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | Foreign ownership in securities underwriting companies is limited to 60 percent. (references) |
PHILIPPINES | Enterprises engaged in financing and investment activities, including securities underwriting, are also limited to 60 percent foreign ownership. (references) | |
COSTA RICA | Several activities are reserved for the state, including telecommunications, the transmission and distribution of electricity, hydrocarbon and radioactive mineral extraction and refining, insurance underwriting, and ports and airports. (references) | |
Trade | Czech Rep | Some Czech commercial banks offer brokerage, investment advisory and underwriting services. (references) |
Romania | Banks must establish subsidiaries to engage in securities brokerage, trading, and underwriting. (references) | |
Switzerland | Their main business includes portfolio management, underwriting, new issues, and stock exchange transactions. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "UNDERWRITING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 45.45% of the time. "UNDERWRITING" is used about 143 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 45.45% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 29.37% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.99% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.19% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 143 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Atrium Underwriting PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "UNDERWRITING": underwriting agent ♦ underwriting syndicate. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "UNDERWRITING": sub-underwriting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "UNDERWRITING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 认购 (underwrite, Underwritten, Underwrote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | underwriting, emissionsgaranti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | emissiegarantie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vakuutuksenvälittäjä (managing agent, underwriting agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | souscription ferme, émission. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Versicherung (affirmation, assurance, indemnification, indemnity, insurance, insurance scheme, protestation, reassurance), unterschreibend (undersigning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έκδοσις (issuing business, issuing operations, publication, security issue business), πράξη αναδοχής της έκδοσης τίτλων, ανάληψη έκδοσης (issuing business, issuing operations, security issue business), δεσμευτική κάλυψη (issuing business, issuing operations, security issue business). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | repülőforgalommal kapcsolatos biztosítás (aviation underwriting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | underwriting, sottoscrizione (subscription), emissioni (emissions, issuing business, issuing operations, security issue business). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 引き受け (undertaking), 引受 (undertaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひきうけ (undertaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | urraghys marrey, raanteenys (bailment, cognizance, security, sponsorship), foyialdynys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erwritingunday tomada firme de títulos emitidos, tomada firme de emissões (to underwrite issues), subscrição (sub, subscription), emissão (emission, transmission, utterance). (various references) emisiones (discharge, emissions, issuing business, issuing operations, security issue business), aseguramiento de emisiones. (various references) underwriting agent (managing agent, underwriting agent), managing agent (managing agent, underwriting agent). (various references) sigorta poliçesini imzalama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"UNDERWRITING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: underwiring, underwiting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "UNDERWRITING" (pronounced u"nderrī"ting) |
| 5 | -r ī" t i ng | rewriting, writing. |
| 4 | -ī" t i ng | biting, citing, delighting, exciting, fighting, igniting, inciting, indicting, inviting, kiting, lighting, nonbiting, reciting, reigniting, reuniting, sighting, siting, slighting, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, whiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, simulating, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, undulating, uninteresting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-n-n-r-r-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: interring, intrigued, intriguer, intruding, returning, reuniting, rewinding, rewriting, undergirt, underwing, wintering. | |
-4 letters: enditing, enduring, indigent, intrigue, intruder, inturned, intwined, nidering, retiring, retuning, rewiring, trending, unerring, untidier, untinged, untiring, untwined, unwinder, widening, wintrier. | |
-5 letters: denting, dieting, dingier, dinting, dirtier, dungier, dunnite, dunting, durning, dwining, editing, enduing, enuring, ginnier, grinder, grinned, grinner, grunted, grunter, ignited. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 44 45 52 57 52 49 54 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . .-. .--. .-. .. - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01010111 01010010 01001001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N D E R W R I T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0044 0045 0052 0057 0052 0049 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)554838395257524354434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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