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UNDERWRITER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A financial institution that sells insurance
Synonyms:
insurance company; insurance firm; insurance underwriter; insurer; underwriter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("underwriter" is a kind of...):
nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)
Derivation:
underwrite (protect by insurance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An agent who sells insurance
Synonyms:
general agent; insurance agent; insurance broker; underwriter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("underwriter" is a kind of...):
agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
Derivation:
underwrite (protect by insurance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
Synonyms:
investment banker; underwriter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("underwriter" is a kind of...):
agent; broker; factor (a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "underwriter"):
killer bee (an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover)
