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sur·e·ty

(sho͝or′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. sur·e·ties

1. The condition of being sure, especially of oneself; self-assurance.

2. Something beyond doubt; a certainty.

3. A pledge or formal promise made to secure against loss, damage, or default; a security.

4. One who has contracted to be responsible for another, especially one who assumes responsibilities or debts in the event of another party's default.

[Middle English surte, from Old French, from Latin sēcūritās, from sēcūrus, sure; see secure.]

sur′e·ty·ship′ n.

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surety

(ˈʃʊətɪ; ˈʃʊərɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Law) a person who assumes legal responsibility for the fulfilment of another's debt or obligation and himself becomes liable if the other defaults

2. (Law) security given against loss or damage or as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

3. obsolete the quality or condition of being sure

4. obsolete a means of assurance or safety

5. (Law) stand surety to act as a surety

[C14: from Old French seurte, from Latin sēcūritās security]

ˈsuretyˌship n

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sur•e•ty

(ˈʃʊər ɪ ti, ˈʃʊər ti, ˈʃɜr-)

n., pl. -ties.

1. security against loss or damage or for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.

2. a person who has made himself or herself responsible for another, as a sponsor or bondsman.

3. the state or quality of being sure; certainty.

4. something that makes sure; ground of confidence or safety.

5. a person legally responsible for the debts of another.

6. assurance, esp. self-assurance.

[1300–50; Middle English surte < Middle French; Old French seurte < Latin sēcūritātem, acc. of sēcūritās security]

surety

A person who agrees to take legal responsibility for someone else’s debts or obligations if that person defaults.

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Noun	1.	surety - something clearly established sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
	2.	surety - property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security" security transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses deposit - money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use; "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car" earnest - something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract recognisance, recognizance - (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant, warrant - a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities"
	3.	surety - a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms hostage captive, prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
	4.	surety - one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another guarantor, warranter, warrantor sponsor, supporter, patron - someone who supports or champions something
	5.	surety - a guarantee that an obligation will be met security guarantee, warranty, warrantee, warrant - a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

surety

noun

1. security, guarantee, deposit, insurance, bond, safety, pledge, bail, warranty, indemnity a surety of £2,500

2. guarantor, sponsor, hostage, bondsman, mortgagor I agreed to stand surety for Arthur to be bailed out.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

surety

noun

1. The fact or condition of being without doubt:

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, positiveness, sureness.

2. An assumption of responsibility, as one given by a manufacturer, for the quality, worth, or durability of a product:

guarantee, guaranty, warrant, warranty.

3. One who assumes financial responsibility for another:

backer, guarantor, guaranty, sponsor, underwriter.

Informal: angel.

Translations

Sicherheit

cauzione garante

surety

[ˈʃʊərətɪ] N (= sum) → garantía f, fianza f, caución f; (= person) → fiador(a) m/f, garante mf
on his own surety of £500 → bajo su propia fianza de 500 libras
to go or stand surety for sb → ser fiador de algn, salir garante de algn
to take sth as surety → usar algo como fianza

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

surety

[ˈʃʊərəti] n (= guarantee) → caution f
to go surety for sb, to stand surety for sb → se porter caution pour qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

surety

(= sum) → Bürgschaft f, → Sicherheit f; (= person) → Bürge m, → Bürgin f; to stand surety for somebody → für jdn bürgen; he was granted bail with a surety of £5,000 → er wurde gegen Hinterlegung einer Kaution von £ 5.000 auf freien Fuß gesetzt

(obs, = certainty) → Sicherheit f, → Gewissheit f; of a surety → gewiss, sicherlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

surety

[ˈʃʊərətɪ] n → cauzione f
to go or stand surety for sb → farsi garante per qn

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The Lion replied, "I have no objection, but you must excuse me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?'

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Such debts amounted to about four thousand: one thousand five hundred for a horse, and two thousand five hundred as surety for a young comrade, Venovsky, who had lost that sum to a cardsharper in Vronsky's presence.

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Campbell, "who can tell that for a surety? But the name of that family, Davie, boy, is the name you bear -- Balfours of Shaws: an ancient, honest, reputable house, peradventure in these latter days decayed.

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For his crime his life is forfeited by the law -- and of a surety will I see that he payeth it!

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d'Herblay, and he offered to become my surety for the different payments."

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Fear is a relative term and so I can only measure my feelings at that time by what I had experienced in previous positions of danger and by those that I have passed through since; but I can say without shame that if the sensations I endured during the next few minutes were fear, then may God help the coward, for cowardice is of a surety its own punishment.

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She shrank against him, clingingly and protectingly, and he laughed with surety.

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She put him down, but he hesitated between her and the bone, patently looking to her for surety of permission, yet continuing to tremble in the terrible struggle between duty and desire that seemed tearing him asunder.

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The Council declined interference with the course of the ordinary justice of the county, (which was completely under the said Earl of Cassilis' control,) and only enacted, that he should forbear molestation of the unfortunate Comendator, under the surety of two thousand pounds Scots.

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But, just as there WAS the realm of Flatland, though that poor puny Lineland Monarch could neither turn to left nor right to discern it, and just as there WAS close at hand, and touching my frame, the land of Three Dimensions, though I, blind senseless wretch, had no power to touch it, no eye in my interior to discern it, so of a surety there is a Fourth Dimension, which my Lord perceives with the inner eye of thought.

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Of a surety the force was in a fix, and any fool could see that if they did not retreat while they had opportunity--why--

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Of a surety they would drive me mad-- so mad that I will spit into every clam shell, make faces at the moon, and bite my veins and howl."