Example sentences for: underwritten

How can you use “underwritten” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • If investors feel they can't make money investing in IPOs underwritten by Hambrecht, they'll pay less for them then they would if the same companies were being underwritten by more established investment banks, thereby defeating the whole purpose of going public with Hambrecht.

  • (If you want an actor to flesh out an underwritten character, don't hire MacDowell, who tends to sound as if she learns her lines phonetically.)

  • It was founded in 1915, located in the mansion of a Qing Dynasty prince, and underwritten by American millionaire John D. Rockefeller.

  • Corporations, sensibly enough, do not want their stock offerings underwritten by houses whose recommendations will carry little weight with investors.

  • Once an investment bank has underwritten an IPO--which means that it has committed to selling all the company's available shares at a set price--all it has to worry about is making sure those shares get bought.


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