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SURETYSHIP

Definition: SURETYSHIP

SURETYSHIP

Noun

1. The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SURETYSHIP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)


Specialty Definition: SURETYSHIP

DomainDefinition

Business

An amount deposited by a guarantor as guarantee of his carrying out his obligations. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SURETYSHIP

English words defined with "SURETYSHIP": CautionryFidejussionPledgerySuretiship. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SURETYSHIP": Seven Sages of Greece. (references)

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Commercial Usage: SURETYSHIP

DomainTitle

Books

  • Caney's The law of suretyship in South Africa (reference)

  • Principles of Suretyship (reference)

  • Suretyship; analysis and explanation (reference)

  • The Law of Suretyship (reference)

  • US-amerikanisches Bürgschaftsrecht = Law of suretyship (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: SURETYSHIP

"SURETYSHIP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SURETYSHIP" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SURETYSHIP

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

suretyship

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SURETYSHIP

Language Translations for "SURETYSHIP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

cautionnement (surety, surety bond), caution (support, surety). (various references)

   

German

  

Kaution (bail, deposit, guarantee, security), hinterlegte Sicherheit (contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, deed of contract, deposit, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, guaranty, security, surety, surety bond). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατάθεση εγγύησης (giving a security, guarantee, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, lodging of a deposit, surety, surety bond), εγγύησις διά ενεχύρου (guarantee, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, surety, surety bond), εγγύηση καλής εκτέλεσης (guarantee, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, performance bond, surety, surety bond), εγγύηση (assurance, bail, collateral, guarantee, guaranty, hallmark, recognizance, security, sponsion, sponsorship, sureship, surety, warrant, warranty). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cauzione (bail, bond, caution, deposit, guarantee, recognizance, surety). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uretyshipsay

   

Russian 

  

проучительство. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fianza (bail, bond, deposit, guarantee, guaranty, recognizance, security, surety), afianzamiento (contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, deed of contract, guarantee, guarantee agreement, guarantee deposit, guarantee in the form of deposits as collateral, guaranty, surety, surety bond). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kefalet (bail, bailment, caution, caution money, guarantee, guaranty, indemnification, recognizance, security, sponsion, warranty). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trách nhiệm của người đứng ra bảo đảm, cương vị của người đứng ra bảo đảm. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

mechni%aeth. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SURETYSHIP

Derivations

Words beginning with "SURETYSHIP": suretyships. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SURETYSHIP"

Words rhyming with "SURETYSHIP" (pronounced 'Sure"ty*ship'): Abbotship, Accompliceship, Accountantship, Acquaintanceship, Administratorship, Admiralship, Advisership, Advocateship, AEdileship, Agentship, Airmanship, Aldermanship, Almonership, Amateurship, Ambassadorship, Apostleship, Apprenticeship, Archdeaconship, Archership, Archonship, Assessorship, Associateship, Attorneyship, Auditorship, Augurship, Authorship, Autocratship, Babyship, Bachelorship, Bardship, Beadleship, Beauship, Boatmanship, Burgess-ship, Burghership, Bursarship, Butlership, Cadetship, Candidateship, Canonship, Captainship, Cardinalship, Censorship, Chairmanship, Chamberlainship, Championship, Chancellorship, Chaplainship, Chargeship, Chief-justiceship. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SURETYSHIP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-h-i-p-r-s-s-t-u-y"

-1 letter: superhits.

-2 letters: hipsters, pursiest, pushiest, rushiest, superhit, typhuses.

-3 letters: esprits, hipster, hirsute, persist, priests, purists, pushers, pushier, pussier, pyrites, reships, russety, shyster, spriest, sprites, spryest, stirpes, stripes, suiters, suspire, syphers, thyrses, thyrsus, tissuey, tushies, uprises, upstirs.

-4 letters: erupts, esprit, estrus, heists, hisser, hursts, issuer, perish, physes, physis, pishes, pisser, pistes, prests, priest, prises, prissy.

 Words containing the letters "e-h-i-p-r-s-s-t-u-y"
 

+1 letter: suretyships.

 

+5 letters: hyperfastidious, hyperstimulates, psychoneurotics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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