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- Dictionaryunderwriter/ˈʌndəˌrʌɪtə/
noun
- 1. a person or company that underwrites an insurance risk: "none of the five main British insurance underwriters would be willing to offer cover"
- 2. a bank or other financial institution that pledges to buy all the unsold shares in an issue of new shares: "the issues are guaranteed success as the underwriters will buy whatever is not snapped up by the market"
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