| 单词 | to take surety |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also get) surety (d) to take (also get) surety: to take money, etc., as surety for a debt; to obtain a guarantee that certain duties will be fulfilled by another. ΚΠ c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 126 Sho tuke suertie of hym & shrafe hur unto hym of all hur synnys. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 75 (MED) Thay toke Surtey, and othis Sware. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 83 The Costis that John Leeder spendithe..in getyng Suertie of C li. þat was lent vnto kyng Henry the vjte. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 358 Hauing obtayned my pasport..and surety taken for my life and moneyes. 1728 D. Scott Hist. Scotl. vi. 541 The Collonel was call'd back, and the King took Surety for their Appearance. 1794 Gen. View Agric. Dumfries p. vi It must be admitted, that, by getting surety, the landlord will run no risk in regard to the payment of his rent, whilst the tenant, and the person joined with him, continue solvent. 1885 A. M. Scott Battle Langside 54 Some he freely discharged; others he dismissed on getting surety for their peaceable behaviour. 1999 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Aug. It is often difficult for homeless accused to get surety. < as lemmas |
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