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surety

[shoor-i-tee, shoor-tee, shur-i-tee, shur-tee] / ˈʃʊər ɪ ti, ˈʃʊər ti, ˈʃɜr ɪ ti, ˈʃɜr ti /
NOUN
pledge
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Under his bail conditions, a surety of £19,000 was provided by Amin Haydar.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Lendorf stood out for his unerring, dignified demeanor and the clarity of his pliant upper-body carriage against the marvelous surety of his cats-paw footwork and quietly powerful legwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

He was released on a $75,000 surety bond, and then he vanished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

We’re well on the way to a future of absolute weather uncertainty—no surety to forecasts, a weakened ability to transmit emergency alerts—that we’ll nevertheless have to pay for out of our own pockets.

From Slate ● May 22, 2025

As though he had taken an oath, and his very life stood surety to it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York, on Tuesday ordered the names of the sureties to be revealed at midday Thursday.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

Requesting £1,000 cash sureties as part of the release terms, Mr Justice Rooney confirmed they are to be prohibited from entering any Tesco stores in the UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023

Legal experts said there was little chance Santos would actually be detained even if his sureties were to back out.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

The names of two other sureties had been redacted until Wednesday, when U.S.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

Yet they do not giue any such licence vntill they haue giuen sureties to returne within one whole yeare.

From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza


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