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Surety

noun

(pl. sureties)

Something clearly established.

Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation. Synonym: security.

A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms. Synonym: hostage.

One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another. Synonyms: guarantor, warranter, warrantor.

A guarantee that an obligation will be met. Synonym: security.

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"Surety" Quotes from Famous Books

... bail, surety. bold, brave. bale, a pack of goods. bowled, did bowl. bait, a lure. bourn, a limit. bate, to lessen. borne, carried. base, low; vile. bow, a weapon. bass, a part in music. beau (bo), a man of dress. beach, ...

— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey

... dawn broke, and the servants rushed to his room, crying: 'Paperarello! Paperarello! get up, the king is coming. You have baked no bread, and of a surety ...

— The Crimson Fairy Book • Various

... long, calculating nights full of alternatives no sooner contrived than rejected. Only one state of surety ...

— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

... destitute, and in all probability be starved before he could return. The recollection of the situation in which he had found him on his return from the West Indies made Newton resolve not to leave his father without some surety of his being provided with the means of subsistence. He was not without some employment, and earned sufficient for their mutual maintenance by working as a rigger on board of the ships fitting for sea; and he adhered to this means of livelihood until ...

— Newton Forster • Frederick Marryat

... to continue it. Now he knew for a surety that the cold eyes could sparkle and blaze with anger, he had forced them to do it, but the thing had ended otherwise than he had expected. He gave the slight figure at his side a half-inimical glance, and then his eyes lost themselves again ...

— The Northern Light • E. Werner

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