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sureties
We have found lemma(root) word of sureties : surety.
Definitions
[ˈʃɔːrɪti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who takes responsibility for another's performance of an undertaking, for example their appearing in court or paying a debt
(e.g: the rights of wives who act as sureties for their husband's debts)
- the state of being sure or certain of something
(e.g: the surety of my impending fatherhood)
Phrases:
- for a surety
- stand surety
Origin
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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)
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