underwriter.

A person or organization that accepts or evaluates specified financial risks, especially by insuring an exposure or supporting a securities issue.

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Words that belong together

• insurance underwriter
• securities underwriter

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The insurance underwriter assessed the exposure before offering the stated coverage.

The securities underwriter’s commitment depended on the terms of the issue.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular underwriter; plural underwriters. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic explanation, resource analysis, incentive analysis, comparison. Disciplines: economics, business, social science. Commonness: moderately common.