to underwrite a project
1Underwrite — To guarantee, as to guarantee the issuer of securities a specified price by entering into a purchase and sale agreement. To bring securities to market. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * underwrite un‧der‧write [ˌʌndəˈraɪt] verb… …
2underwrite — To guarantee, as to guarantee the issuer of securities a specified price by entering into a purchase and sale agreement . To bring securities to market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * underwrite un‧der‧write [ˌʌndəˈraɪt] verb underwrote… …
3underwrite — verb (underwrote; underwritten; underwriting) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to write under or at the end of something else 2. to set one s name to (an insurance policy) for the purpose of thereby becoming answerable for a designated loss… …
4underwrite — un|der|write [ˌʌndəˈraıt US ər ] v past tense underwrote [ ˈrəut US ˈrout] past participle underwritten [ ˈrıtn] [T] 1.) formal to support an activity, business plan etc with money, and to take financial responsibility if it fails ▪ The… …
5underwrite — verb past tense underwrote, past participle underwritten (T) 1 formal to support an activity, business plan etc with money, so that you are financially responsible for it: The government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of £5… …
6underwrite — un·der·write / ən dər ˌrīt, ˌən dər rīt/ vt wrote / ˌrōt, rōt/, writ·ten, / ˌrit ən, rit ən/, writ·ing 1 a: to assume liability for (a risk) as an insurer the insurer underwrite s individuals, not the group, in franchise health insurance …
7underwrite — UK [ˌʌndəˈraɪt] / US [ˌʌndərˈraɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms underwrite : present tense I/you/we/they underwrite he/she/it underwrites present participle underwriting past tense underwrote UK [ˌʌndəˈrəʊt] / US [ˌʌndərˈroʊt] past participle… …
8underwrite — /ˌʌndə raɪt/ verb 1. to accept responsibility for something ♦ to underwrite a share issue to guarantee that a share issue will be sold by agreeing to buy all shares which are not subscribed ● The issue was underwritten by three underwriting… …
9underwrite — un|der|write [ ,ʌndər raıt ] (past tense un|der|wrote [ ,ʌndər rout ] ; past participle un|der|writ|ten [ ,ʌndər rıtn ] ) verb transitive 1. ) to invest money to help someone start a new project: We are looking for someone to underwrite our new… …
10Desalination — This article is about removing salt from water. For soil desalination, see Soil salinity control. Water desalination Methods Distillation Multi stage flash distillation (MSF) Multiple effect distillation (MED|ME) Vapor compression (VC) Ion… …
