Old English underwritan "write at the foot of; subscribe;" see under + write (v.). A loan-translation of Latin subscribere (see subscribe). Used literally at first; modern sense of "to accept the risk of insurance" (1620s) is from notion of signing a marine insurance policy. Meaning "to support by a guarantee of money" is recorded from 1890.
例文
1. National banks can package their own mortgages and underwrite them as securities.
国立銀行は、独自の住宅ローンを統合し、証券として販売することができます。
2.No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.
このような損失を引き受ける銀行はありません。
3.A group of ten international banks is to underwrite and sell the bonds.
国際銀行10行からなる銀行がこれらの債券を一手販売し、販売する。
4.The government will have to create a special agency to underwrite small business loans.
政府は中小企業向け融資を担保するための専門機関を設立する必要がある。
5.Public institutions will survive these cutbacks because state monies will continue to underwrite operating expenses.