surety

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈʃʊrəti/ UK /ˈʃʊərəti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who takes responsibility for another's obligation, or a guarantee

His uncle stood as surety for the loan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who takes... guarantorguaranteebondsmansponsor pledge security warrant

Word family

Derived forms suretiessuretyship

Related forms sure secure assure

Etymology

From Old French surté, seurté ('security, guarantee'), from Latin securitas ('freedom from care, safety'), from securus ('safe'), from se- ('without') + cura ('care').

seurté Old French securitas Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# surety

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʃʊrəti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʃʊərəti/

## Meanings
1. a person who takes responsibility for another's obligation, or a guarantee

## Examples
- His uncle stood as surety for the loan.

## Synonyms
- guarantor
- guarantee
- bondsman
- sponsor
- pledge
- security
- warrant

## Derived Forms
- sureties
- suretyship

## Related Forms
- sure
- secure
- assure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seurté
- Root: securitas

## Etymology
From Old French surté, seurté ('security, guarantee'), from Latin securitas ('freedom from care, safety'), from securus ('safe'), from se- ('without') + cura ('care').

## AI Etymology
Surety is from Old French surté, seurté ('security, guarantee'), from Latin securitas ('freedom from care, safety'), from securus ('safe'), from se- ('without') + cura ('care'). Important recorded forms include seurté (Old French) and securitas (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who takes responsibility for another's obligation, or a guarantee. The wider family includes derived forms such as sureties and suretyship and related words such as sure, secure, and assure.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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