promissory
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adjective \ˈprä-mə-ˌsȯr-ē\Definition of PROMISSORY
: containing or conveying a promise or assurance
See Origin of PROMISSORY
Middle English promissorye, from Medieval Latin promissorius, from Latin promittere
First Known Use: 15th century
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Rhymes with PROMISSORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori
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