Verb (used with object) : Wealthy music lovers underwrote the experimental concerts. From Dictionary.com.
In a speech earlier this week, Giorgio Armani – whose label underwrote the exhibit – remarked on the inventiveness of these fashion designers. From Wordnik.com. [Super Styles] Reference
I wanted to go off and live in London when I was 20 years old, so he kind of underwrote the whole experience and paid for the rent and paid for me to go. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
It was disclosed in the prospectus that you underwrote. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
Little, whose family foundation underwrote the research. From Wordnik.com. [Golf Searches For Its Feminine Side] Reference
Not the fellow who underwrote the loan in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2007] Reference
They underwrote for these home loans that have all gone into foreclosure?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2008] Reference
How do we embrace a crime such as this -- we, as Americans, who underwrote it?. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Koehler: See No Evil] Reference
South Africa, further underwrote this interpretation of the right to self-determination. From Wordnik.com. [The National Question in Post-'94 South Africa] Reference
GI Bill home loan provisions underwrote the largest housing boom in our country's history. From Wordnik.com. [Proclamation On 50th Anniversary Of Gi Bill] Reference
He produced music festivals, funded a children's museum and even underwrote the local ballet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2006] Reference
He produced music festivals, funded a children's museum, and even underwrote the local ballet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2006] Reference
Wachovia had 6 trades with AIG, all related to Davis Square II, a deal that Goldman underwrote. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs Nearly Bankrupted AIG] Reference
SocGen bought protection from AIG on two tranches of Davis Square VI, a deal Goldman underwrote. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs Nearly Bankrupted AIG] Reference
The California Raisin Marketing Board underwrote a study showing that raisins fight oral bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [Food News Blues] Reference
When their daughter became a serious soccer player, the Gregorys underwrote a new local soccer field. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street: Profiles in Panic] Reference
Goldman also underwrote many of the (tranches of) CDOs owned by some of AIG's other trading counterparties. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs Nearly Bankrupted AIG] Reference
The power of Spain and its mighty navy underwrote the murderous plan set forth to exploit Hispaniola's riches. From Wordnik.com. [Pascal Robert: Haiti for Sale] Reference
That you think me a posturing fool, practising for a part in The Desert SongT Anger underwrote the cold words. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon's Prey]
But some loan-servicing units reside inside the same banks that originated or underwrote the loans or securities. From Wordnik.com. [Banks Pressed on Sour Home Loans] Reference
He was also CEO when Goldman underwrote other value destroying CDOs against which foreign banks bought protection. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs: Bullies on the Block] Reference
She underwrote the plan that became the blueprint for the Massachusetts law providing drug benefits for seniors there. From Wordnik.com. [John Kerry's Secret Ingredient] Reference
It was a defining moment for the modern American nation -- the event which underwrote America's role in the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [President And Others Exchange Toasts In Canberra] Reference
The Swiss manufacturer of these bednets and water filters donated the products and underwrote the expenses of the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2008] Reference
Most likely they underwrote the same collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, that AIG insured through credit default swaps. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: Rewriting History To Blame Tim Geithner: An Incomplete Story Of The AIG Bailout] Reference
At the dawn of the nuclear industry in the USA, no private insurance company willingly underwrote a nuclear power plant fully. From Wordnik.com. [Price-Anderson Act of 1957, United States] Reference
He was Goldman's CEO at the time Goldman put on its trades with AIG and underwrote CDOs bought by some of AIG's counterparties. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs: Spinning Gold] Reference
Likewise, a big trade union underwrote the parade of Unidos de Vila Isabel — which obligingly sung the praises of organized labor. From Wordnik.com. [Carnival Goes Political] Reference
This is the amount that AIG underwrote, in the form of credit default swaps, to banks, pension funds, insurers and Wall Street firms. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Francis: The market bottom? no way Ben] Reference
And the fact that he's saying well I underwrote the gambling operation, but I didn't really gamble per se, we're parsing at this point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2007] Reference
Also, many CDOs, especially synthetic CDOs, engaged in all sorts of less-than-arms-length side deals with the banks that underwrote them. From Wordnik.com. [Do Business Schools See Why CDOs Are Compared to "Springtime for Hitler"?] Reference
Bill and Hillary Clinton's, underwrote all of the expenses of the lavish event so that every penny raised would go to the No on 8 campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
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