| 单词 |
suretyship |
| 释义 |
suretyship|ˈʃʊətɪʃɪp, ˈʃʊərɪtɪʃɪp|
Forms: see prec.: also 6 suertishipe, -shyp, surtishipp, suretishippe, 7–9 suretiship.
[f. prec. n. + -ship.]
The position or function of a surety (see prec. 7); responsibility or obligation undertaken by one person on behalf of another, as for payment of a debt, performance of some act, etc.
1535Coverdale Prov. xi. 15 He that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth himself: but he that medleth not with suerteshippe, is sure. 1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 21 §5 To releas..the said suertieshippe of good Abearing. 1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. To Rdr. (1876) 4 Beware of Suretiship. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 103 To rook him at Play, entangle him in Suretiship. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xi. (1841) I. 86 Suretiship for the debt. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. i, A poor man undone by shipwreck, by suretyship, by fire. 1870Burton Hist. Scot. liii. (1873) V. 6 The regent was not satisfied with this suretiship. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 161/2 Private suretyship is attended by many evils.
b. Said of Christ.
1642T. Goodwin Christ set forth 148 He is not quit of this Surety-ship and engagement. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life ii. vii. §6 Wks. 1718 I. 420 We have not only God's Word, but also the Suretyship of our Saviour to depend on. |
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