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# surety

«surety» in Mova's school dictionary: **a promise to pay or do something if another person fails…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sureties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A surety is a promise to pay or do something if another person fails, or the person who makes such a promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surety/#m1)

2) (old use) Surety is certainty, something you can be sure of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surety/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a person who vouches for another is called a surety

### examples

- Two sureties are better than one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surety/#x1)
- «Who are the sureties?» said Fionn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surety/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.818/)
- [Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2287/)
- [My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.141/)
- [He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; but he that hateth them that strike hands is secure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.305/)
- [A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.494/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.