Surety

  • 31surety bond — noun a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance • Syn: ↑performance bond • Hypernyms: ↑bond, ↑bond certificate * * * noun : a written… …

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  • 32surety company — noun : a company whose primary business is acting as a surety for the performance of obligations especially by the issuing of surety bonds …

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  • 33surety company — A corporation engaged in the business of acting as a surety or guarantor on bonds, undertakings, or contracts, for compensation known as a premium. 50 Am J1st Suret § 312 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 34surety company agent — The agent of a surety company, comparable in reference to the scope of his authority to the agent of an insurance company. 50 Am J1st Suret § 314 …

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  • 35surety — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English seurte, from Anglo French seurté, from Latin securitat , securitas security, from securus Date: 14th century 1. the state of being sure: as a. sure knowledge ; certainty b. confidence in manner or… …

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  • 36surety — /shoor i tee, shoor tee, sherr i tee, sherr tee/, n., pl. sureties. 1. security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond. 2. a person who has made himself or herself… …

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  • 37surety — noun a) certainty b) a promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation …

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  • 38surety — Synonyms and related words: absolute certainty, absoluteness, acceptation, acception, acquiescence, angel, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, backer, bail, bailsman, belief, bond, bondsman, certain knowledge, certainness, certainty, certitude,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39surety — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pledge, bail, forfeit; see guaranty 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. security, guarantee, bond, assurance, pledge. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The fact or condition of being without doubt: assurance, assuredness …

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  • 40surety — sure·ty || ʃʊrÉ™tɪ / ʃʊə n. certainty, assurance; something that is certain; guarantor; pledge, guarantee …

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