If something underlies a feeling or situation, it is the cause or basis of it. Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger. see also underlying. to be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops
An Underlay is used when laminating single sided items on a pressure sensitive laminator It consists of any grade of material, such as rolls of newsprint or used backing paper from Pressure sensitive adhesives, and is simply fed through the machine below the item being laminated to prevent adhesive from sticking to the rollers
provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists" put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid athe shingles with roofing paper" raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression
The commodity/asset/financial instrument on which a derivative is based For example, in the case of an option, the product which the buyer/holder has the right to buy/sell
You describe something as underlying when it is below the surface of something else. hills with the hard underlying rock poking through the turf see also underlie. underlying cause/principle/problem etc the cause, idea etc that is the most important, although it is not easily noticed
The amount of insurance or reinsurance on a risk (or occurrence) which applies to a loss before the next higher excess layer of insurance or reinsurance attaches
being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
The commodity, instrument, or futures contract on which a futures option is based, and which must be accepted or delivered if the option is exercised Also, the cash commodity or financial instrument underlying a futures contract
The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them. To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes I think that the underlying problem is education, unemployment and bad housing