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   Un·der·writ·er

   /ˈəndə(r)ˌrīdər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person or company that underwrites an insurance risk: "insurance underwriters and risk managers are concerned about fire in sleeping areas"
   • 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"
   • ▪ a person or company that undertakes to finance or otherwise support or guarantee something: "a major underwriter of the project"

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