surety
pronunciation
How to pronounce surety in British English:
UK [ˈʃʊərəti]
How to pronounce surety in American English:
US [ˈʃʊrəti]
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- Noun:
- something clearly established
- property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- a guarantee that an obligation will be met
Word Origin
- surety (n.)
- c. 1300, "a guarantee, promise, pledge, an assurance," from Old French seurté "a promise, pledge, guarantee; assurance, confidence" (12c., Modern French sûreté), from Latin securitatem (nominative securitas) "freedom from care or danger, safety, security," from securus (see secure (adj.)). From late 14c. as "security, safety, stability; state of peace," also "certainty, certitude; confidence." Meaning "one who makes himself responsible for another" is from early 15c. Until 1966, the French national criminal police department was the Sûreté nationale.
Example
- 1. International credit insurance & surety association .
- 2. Are you willing to stand surety for your brother ?
- 3. People often mistake surety bonds for insurance .
- 4. A sum of money paid as bail or surety .
- 5. This surety is called the confirmation bias , whereby we seek and find confirmatory evidence in support of already existing beliefs and ignore or reinterpret disconfirmatory evidence .