different between positiveness vs surety
positiveness
English
Etymology
From positive +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?z?t?vn?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?z?t?vn?s/
Noun
positiveness (countable and uncountable, plural positivenesses)
- (uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity. [from 17th c.]
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 48:
- Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 48:
- (countable) The result of being positive
Antonyms
- negativeness
positiveness From the web:
- positiveness meaning
- what does positives mean
- what is positiveness in english
- what do positiveness mean
- what is positiveness in tagalog
- what is positiveness in malayalam
- is positiveness a word
surety
English
Etymology
From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French sûreté), from Latin s?c?rit?s. Equivalent to sure +? -ty. The senses "security, safety, stability" and "certainy" are attested since the late 1300s. "One who undertakes to pay if another does not" is from the early 1400s. Doublet of security.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????ti/, /??????ti/
Noun
surety (countable and uncountable, plural sureties)
- Certainty.
- Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.
- For the more surety they looked round about.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- A substitute; a hostage.
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
Translations
See also
- guarantor
- surcharge
- surcharged
- indorsement
Anagrams
- Steury, tuyers
surety From the web:
- what surety bond means
- what surety means
- what surety bond
- what's surety insurance
- what suretyship mean
- what surety means in spanish
- what's surety in law
- what surety bond in tagalog
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- positiveness vs surety
- startle vs excite
- consent vs concession
- tooth vs spur
- disregardful vs imbecilic
- stand vs affix
- friendly vs kindly
- resolution vs stomach
- openhanded vs lavish
- win vs pickup
- temerity vs nerve
- bid vs beck
- revulsion vs detestation
- bifurcate vs forked
- uncompromising vs obdurate
- system vs neatness
- gift vs masterfulness
- strange vs nutty
- goad vs inspirit
- wasteful vs unbridled