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    underwrite

    US /ˌʌndərˈraɪt/

    ・

    UK /ˌʌndəˈraɪt/

    B2
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo guarantee financial support or responsibility
    The insurance company will underwrite the driver's policy

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    Dangerous People Are Teaching Your Kids

    05:03Dangerous People Are Teaching Your Kids
    • Instead, we underwrite their continuance in the very institutions where the central ideas of the West should be transmitted across the generations.

      Instead, we underwrite their continuance in the very institutions where the central ideas of the West should be transmitted across the generations.

    • Instead, we underwrite their continuance in the very institutions where the central ideas

      Instead, we underwrite their continuance in the very institutions where the central ideas

    B2

    Walter Isaacson: "The Innovators" | Talks at Google

    23:32Walter Isaacson: "The Innovators" | Talks at Google
    • First of all, the point about Turing, for example, reinforces the notion that theory is helpful if it can underwrite or underscore or somehow support applications.

      First of all, the point about Turing, for example, reinforces the notion that theory is helpful if it can underwrite or underscore or somehow support applications.

    • if you can underwrite or underscore or somehow support

      if you can underwrite or underscore or somehow support

    B1

    WATCH: Fed Chair Jerome Powell set to discuss interest rates

    49:56WATCH: Fed Chair Jerome Powell set to discuss interest rates
    • So this is the first thing you start with as a bank supervisor is the risks that the banks are taking to themselves through their portfolio through the risks that they're running and, uh, the pipeline, the obligations that they've undertaken to underwrite deals.

      So this is the first thing you start with as a bank supervisor is the risks that the banks are taking to themselves through their portfolio through the risks that they're running and, uh, the pipeline, the obligations that they've undertaken to underwrite deals.

    • the pipeline, you know, the obligations that they've undertaken to underwrite deals.

      the pipeline, you know, the obligations that they've undertaken to underwrite deals.

    B1

    Russia-Ukraine peace talks end without breakthrough | BBC News

    07:43Russia-Ukraine peace talks end without breakthrough | BBC News
    • but we're still no clearer as to what military commitments Washington is prepared to make for Ukraine to underwrite any kind of peace deal, i.e., to stop Russia from attacking in the future.

      but we're still no clearer as to what military commitments Washington is prepared to make for Ukraine to underwrite any kind of peace deal, i.e., to stop Russia from attacking in the future.

    • But we're still no clearer as to what military commitments Washington is prepared to make for Ukraine to underwrite any kind of peace deal, deal that is to stop Russia from attacking in the future.

      But we're still no clearer as to what military commitments Washington is prepared to make for Ukraine to underwrite any kind of peace deal, deal that is to stop Russia from attacking in the future.

    B1

    How ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Makes Billions From ‘Free’ Loans | WSJ The Economics Of

    08:26How ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Makes Billions From ‘Free’ Loans | WSJ The Economics Of
    • We're delivering really good credit outcomes with our approach, which is to underwrite every transaction and to make an honest assessment at the point of sale.

      We're delivering really good credit outcomes with our approach, which is to underwrite every transaction and to make an honest assessment at the point of sale.

    • We're delivering really good credit outcomes with our approach, which is to underwrite every transaction and to make an honest assessment at the point of sale.

      We're delivering really good credit outcomes with our approach, which is to underwrite every transaction and to make an honest assessment at the point of sale.

    B1