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surety

/shoor-i-tee, shoor-tee, shur-i-tee, shur-tee/US // ˈʃʊər ɪ ti, ˈʃʊər ti, ˈʃɜr ɪ ti, ˈʃɜr ti //UK // (ˈʃʊətɪ, ˈʃʊərɪtɪ) //

担保人,保证人,保證人,确保人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sur·e·ties.

    • : security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
    • : a person who has made himself or herself responsible for another, as a sponsor, godparent, or bondsman.
    • : the state or quality of being sure.
    • : certainty.
    • : something that makes sure; ground of confidence or safety.
    • : a person who is legally responsible for the debt, default, or delinquency of another.
    • : assurance, especially self-assurance.

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Examples

  • There’s a surety to her grids and lines that lets you hang on to them when the floor on reality seems to be tilting and truth morphing.

  • Whatever he did as Mediator or Surety, must, therefore, have been done in connection with the covenant.

  • Again, if there is a surety for any of the debts, he may insist on the application of the money in order to be relieved.

  • Besides, that oath was sworn to him as not merely a priest, but as the Surety and Mediator of the new covenant.

  • But could any dependent being fully designate its glorious origin, and infinite Surety?

  • With seynt Iohn, with St. John for a surety; borwe being in the dat.