1. Something clearly established 
2. Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
   - security 
3. A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
   - hostage 
4. One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
   - guarantor, warrantor, warranter 
5. A guarantee that an obligation will be met
   - security

Derived forms: sureties

Type of: captive, certainty, foregone conclusion, guarantee, patron, prisoner, sponsor, supporter, sure thing, transferred possession, transferred property, warrant, warrantee, warranty

Encyclopedia: Surety

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