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Word: Surety
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘something given to support an undertaking that someone will fulfil an obligation’): from Old French surte, from Latin securitas (see security)
ˈʃʊərɪti
ˈʃɔːrɪti
a person who takes responsibility for another's performance of an undertaking, for example their appearing in court or paying a debt
Short Definition:person who takes responsibility for another's performance of undertaking
Examples:- the rights of wives who act as sureties for their husband's debts
the state of being sure or certain of something
Short Definition:state of being sure or certain of something
Examples:- the surety of my impending fatherhood
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