suretyship

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UK/ˈʃʊəɹɪtiːʃɪp/UK/ˈʃɔːɹətiːʃɪp/

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsuretyship (plural suretyships)

plural suretyships · alternative suretiship

  1. lawAn 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.

    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[…].

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 290

    Synonyms: borrowage, borrowship

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

Similar
borrowageborrowship
Also see
borrowage

Origin

From surety + -ship, possibly a partial calque of Middle English borweship (“suretiship, borrowship”).

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Translations

Arabic ضَمَان
  • ضَمَان (ḍamān)agreement
Catalan fiança
  • fiançaagreement
Czech ručení
  • ručeníagreement
Dutch borgtocht
  • borgtochtagreement
French cautionnement
  • cautionnementagreement
German Bürgschaft
  • Bürgschaftagreement
Italian fideiussione
  • fideiussioneagreement
Latin fideiussiō
  • fideiussiōagreement
Polish poręczenie majątkowe
  • poręczenie majątkoweagreement
Portuguese fiança
  • fiançaagreement
Russian поручи́тельство
  • поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo)agreement
Spanish fianza
  • fianzaagreement
Swedish borgen
  • borgenagreement
Thai ค้ำประกัน, การค้ำประกัน
  • ค้ำประกัน (kám-bprà-gan)agreement
  • การค้ำประกันagreement
Ukrainian пору́ка
  • пору́ка (porúka)agreement
Welsh mechnïaeth
  • mechnïaethagreement
Cite this entry
APA

suretyship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suretyship

MLA

“suretyship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suretyship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suretyship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suretyship.

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