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Underwrite

To write under something else; to subscribe.

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Verb group 4

Compensate 84% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Compensate 84% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Guarantee 76% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Undertake 76% connected

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warrant 76% connected

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Indemnify 76% connected

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reinsure 76% connected

To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Subvention 74% connected

The act of coming under.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subvention 74% connected

The act of coming under.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Underwriter 74% connected

One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Underwriter 74% connected

One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Insure 92% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Subvention 92% connected

The act of coming under.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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