- past participle of underwrite.
underwritten
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Intel plans to raise $20 billion by way of an underwritten public offering of 210.5 million shares priced at $95 each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Insurers have been buying private credit underwritten by their new owners or issued by a company controlled by them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The character is underwritten but Jolie picks up much of the slack through her silently shattered expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Not until the financial crisis did he, or the Fed, realize that badly underwritten mortgages were now scattered throughout the financial system, threatening its very survival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Lee had already underwritten the funeral and sent a wash basket of groceries to the stricken families.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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