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underwriter

[uhn-der-rahy-ter] / ˈʌn dərˌraɪ tər /


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The U.S. remains the largest underwriter of humanitarian funding, but its allocation is down from more than $10 billion or more annually in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

While impressive, the underwriter fees get split up across the banks and aren’t the real money-maker.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Investigators say that participants often tell an underwriter to allocate most of an IPO’s shares to a handful of accounts in the name of foreign nationals.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

She said Cantor has no nonpublic information about the administration’s initiatives and noted that the firm was the underwriter, not the sponsor of the SPAC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Members to the Subscribers' Room, if they follow the business of underwriter or insurance broker, pay an entrance fee of twenty-five guineas, and an annual subscription of four guineas.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter




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