underwrote

verb

past tense of underwrite
as in financed
to provide money for a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition

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Recent Examples of underwrote However, for its loan to The British Museum, the UK Treasury officially underwrote the artifact with a provisional valuation of £800 million (approximately $1 billion USD). — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Higher-for-longer separates managers who underwrote a downside case from managers who underwrote a refinancing that never came. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 July 2026 French money underwrote the American Revolution, bankrupting Louis XVI’s government and paving the way for their own revolution within a decade of the end of the American war. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Soon enough, there was the Giorgio Armani retrospective at the Guggenheim, and JPMorgan Chase underwrote the opening day of the new MoMA, which had spent half a billion dollars to rebuild itself. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 The bank initially underwrote EA’s financing on a sole basis late last year, when pricing and terms were at their tightest. — Claire Ruckin, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026 Still, the funds largely underwrote the college’s Promise Program, which covers tuition, books, and supplies for roughly 1,800 local students each year. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026 More recently, in 2017, Lorre underwrote major renovations at the center that added exam rooms and space for counseling and health education. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026 Partners now sharing in the effort In 2024, Auto Experts underwrote the entire cost of everything for Autos of Love — from vehicle refurbishment to marketing, catering, event hosting for the giveaway, and even photo/video production. — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwrote
  1. financed
  2. funded
  3. subsidized
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  • This funding has financed the trees, materials, coordination, planting and three-year stewardship of some 85,000 large canopy trees and 25,000 shrubs along streets and at nearly every San Jose school and park.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Its results show a striking divergence between companies manufacturing new power technologies and those improving how energy is financed, deployed, managed and consumed.
    — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of financed
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  • This budget will also have to determine long-term solutions for positions that are grant-funded, particularly in law enforcement.
    — Sofi Zeman August 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The organizations, including MoveUp Southeast Michigan, MoveUp LA, and MoveUp Washington, will operate on their own but stay funded by the Ballmers.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of funded
Verb
  • In the 80s and 90s, even major teams had often been run on razor-thin margins (and were subsidized by owners).
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • For decades, China has heavily subsidized its pharmaceutical and chemical sectors.
    — Paul Friedrichs, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of subsidized

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