suretyship
Definitions
An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
Equivalents
13 more languages
العربيةضمان
Bosanskiпорука
Češtinaručení
Hrvatskiпорука
Italianofideiussione
Latinafidēiussiō
Nederlandsborgtocht
Portuguêsfiança
Русскийпоручительство
Српскипорука
Svenskaborgen
Українськапору́ка
Examples
“as a man desperately swimming drowns him that comes to help⟳ him, by suretyship and borrowing they will willingly undo⟳ all their associates and allies […].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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