surety bond

noun

: a bond guaranteeing performance of a contract or obligation

Examples of surety bond in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All six were processed and each was released on a $5,000 cash/surety bond. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 According to jail records, Buggs was arrested on a charge of second-degree domestic violence burglary and posted a $5,000 surety bond. Doha Madani, NBC News, 16 June 2024 Kuo on Tuesday ordered Hunt released to home detention, with an ankle monitor, on $100,000 surety bond. John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024 He was released from custody after posting a $50,000 professional surety bond. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for surety bond 

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Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of surety bond was in 1911

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“Surety bond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surety%20bond. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

Legal Definition

surety bond

see bond sense 1a

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