| 单词 | surety |
| 释义 | suretyWord family adverbsurelysurefootedlynounsurenesssuretysuretyshipsurefootednessadjectivesurefootedsure Law, Loans sur·e·ty /ˈʃɔːrəti $ ˈʃʊr-/ noun (plural sureties) [countableC, uncountableU] law 1. SCLBFLsomeone who will pay a debt, appear in court etc if someone else fails to do so 保证人，担保人 2. stand surety (for somebody) law to be responsible for paying a debt, appearing in court etc if someone else fails to do so 做（某人的）担保人 Examples from the Corpus stand surety (for somebody)• These are most visible when ducal retainers stood surety for each other.• She was prepared to stand surety for me, but they just wasn't having it.• Nobody would stand surety, so bail wasn't granted again. 3. SCLSCTmoney someone gives to make sure that someone will appear in court 〔交给法院保证出庭的〕保证金 Examples from the Corpus surety• They also ordered £25,000 surety to be seized.• He was due to be released on conditional bail last night once a surety had been produced.• The creditor had no knowledge of what had passed between debtor and sureties.• Before modern institutions for extending credit were available, insignia and jewels were well adapted to serve as sureties for loans.• I had no money, I had no surety.• Primafacie, a creditor does not owe a duty to a proposed surety to explain the security documents. From Longman Business Dictionary suretysur·e·ty /ˈʃɔːrətiˈʃʊr-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]LAW 1a person who promises to appear in court, pay a debt etc if someone else fails to do so The use of individual sureties grew sharply as contractors found it increasingly difficult to get insurance. He had acted as surety for both companies when they borrowed to finance the projects. 2an amount of money or other things of value someone gives to make sure someone else will appear in court, pay a debt etc He was allowed out of custody with sureties totalling £12,000. a third party entering into acontract of surety |
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