Scrabble?! UNDERWRITE

Definitions of UNDERWRITE in various dictionaries:

verb - guarantee financial support of

verb - protect by insurance

To assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure: underwrite a theatrical production.

To sign (an insurance policy) so as to assume liability in case of specified losses.

To insure.

To insure against losses totaling (a given amount).

To guarantee the purchase of (a full issue of stocks or bonds).

To agree to buy the unsold part of (stock not yet sold publicly) at a fixed time and price.

To write under or at the end of something.

To subscribe to, especially to sign or endorse (a document).

To act as an underwriter, especially to issue an insurance policy.