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underwriter(dictionary)
underwriter(dictionary)
Underwriter(money)
Underwriter(finance)
Underwriter(law)
Lead underwriter(money)
UNDERWRITER, insurances(law)
Lead underwriter(finance)
Managing underwriter(finance)

boottopping (medicine) and Underwriter (money)


boottopping (medicine)


boottopping


1. The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc, have been scraped off.

2. Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Underwriter (money)


Definition: Person who has the ability to review a loan proposal and determine if the lender's guidelines are met. When taking a company public, an underwriter is a firm that acts as an intermediary between the Definition: company and the Investing public.

Definition: [crh] A firm, usually an investment bank, that buys an issue of sDefinition: ecurities from a company and resells it to investors. In General, a party that guarantees the proceeds to the firm from a Definition: curity">Security sale, thereby in effect taking ownership of the securities.