Surety
['ʃʊərɪtɪ;'ʃʊətɪ] or ['ʃʊrəti]
Definition
(n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
(n.) That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
(n.) Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act.
(n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.
(n.) Hence, a substitute; a hostage.
(n.) Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
(v. t.) To act as surety for.
Typed by Agatha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Certainty, indubitableness.[2]. Safety, security.[3]. Guaranty, pledge.[4]. Bondsman.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Certainty, safety, security, guaranty, pledge, {[boudsumu]?}, bail, hostage,[See PARAMOUNT]
Typist: Osborn
Definition
n. certainty: he who or that which makes sure: security against loss: one who becomes bound for another a sponsor.—ns. Sure′tyship Sure′tiship state of being surety: obligation of one person to answer for another.
Typist: Osborn
Examples
- Since the death of Diana, and the development of his illness, his craving for surety with regard to Winifred amounted almost to obsession. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She must lightly, mindlessly connect with him, have the knowledge which is death of knowledge, the reality of surety in not-knowing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Jos felt that the delay of yesterday had been only a respite, and that his dearly bought horses must of a surety be put into requisition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If Ivanhoe ever returns from Palestine, I will be his surety that he meets you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And what is to be my surety, said the Jew, that I shall be at liberty after this ransom is paid? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If they owed a duty to Betty Higden, of a surety that duty must be done. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure that you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Instead of the surety of failure he felt confidence rising in him as a tire begins to fill with air from a slow pump. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They only know now there is a war and people may kill again as in the olden times without a surety of punishment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I shall require two sureties of fifty pounds each,' said the magistrate aloud, with great dignity, 'and they must be householders, of course. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Caleb