SURETY Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

surety

noun

ˈshu̇r(-ə)-tē

Definition of surety

as in contract

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason

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as in sponsor

a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back

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as in assurance

a state of mind in which one is free from doubt I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety

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Recent Examples of surety At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity. — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Part of that was down to Nosková, who hit her forehand with a surety which was the polar opposite of Muchová, who had nine forehand errors in the first set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Tragicomedy is an assault on surety. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 Bond has been set at $6,000 cash with an additional $10,000 surety. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for surety

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Noun

The contract bars balance-billing patients beyond insured rates and limits annual adjustments to South Region medical and transportation inflation markers.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The Hollywood guild is giving its national executive director, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, a contract extension and elevating him to CEO.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of contract

Noun

The Wednesday announcement by Sanrio’s Chinese subsidiary came just after French soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for remarks about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong that saw several Chinese sponsors cut ties with him.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Alloy is a Flow Space sponsor, however, all products in this article were independently selected by our editors.

— Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of sponsor

Noun

Adams added a warning to companies, along with politicians from both parties, about trying to sell false assurances of economic restoration.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
Those assurances preceded Machado’s dramatic reappearance Sunday at a Catholic church in Lara state and a journey across northern Venezuela that drew thousands of cheering supporters to highways and city streets.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of assurance

Noun

No one’s taking away your phone at the MCA, though some entertainment venues and artists have experimented with requiring patrons to leave their devices at the door.

— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Each laureate will receive 15 million yen ($95,160), a testimonial letter, and a medal, which will be presented by Prince Hitachi, honorary patron of the Japan Art Association.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of patron

Noun

But every business partner of Musk must be thinking that certainty may not be possible when dealing with the world's wealthiest person.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
The deal gives the Timberwolves another year of cost certainty in managing future salary caps around the next maximum contracts anticipated for star guards Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of certainty

Noun

Buying Riley out of his deal would mean forking over upwards of $70 million, plus more for his assistants.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The reason most never trigger the federal reporting requirement is because these acquisitions happen through a series of smaller, piecemeal deals rather than one large merger.

— Yashaswini Singh, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of deal

Noun

And, not least, those who regard Netanyahu as the indispensable guarantor of Jewish security and those who see him as the principal threat to the country’s democratic character and reputation abroad.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Los Angeles is the home to more venues than any other city and whose government serves as a financial guarantor of the Games.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of guarantor

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