underwrite

• vt. 給...保險；承諾支付；簽在...下
• vi. 經營保險業

under-, 在下麵，write, 寫，簽字，即在下麵簽字。引申詞義承購，承保。

underwrite (v.)

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.

1. National banks can package their own mortgages and underwrite them as securities.

國家銀行能夠合並自己的抵押貸款並以證券形式包銷。

來自柯林斯例句

2. No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.

沒有哪家銀行願意承擔這樣的損失.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A group of ten international banks is to underwrite and sell the bonds.

一個由10家國際銀行組成的銀團將包銷及出售這些債券.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The government will have to create a special agency to underwrite small business loans.

政府需要設立專門機構來為小企業貸款作擔保。

來自辭典例句

5. Public institutions will survive these cutbacks because state monies will continue to underwrite operating expenses.

公立院校將渡過這種削減的困難,因為州財政將同意繼續承擔辦學費用.

來自辭典例句