countersecurity
countersecurity noun: a commitment to guarantee the security (property or bonding in securing a loan) of someone who has become security for another.
Noun
countersecurity (countable and uncountable, plural countersecurities)
- A commitment to guarantee the security (property or bonding in securing a loan) of someone who has become security for another.
- This is an appeal from an order of the Orphans' Court of Frederick County requiring the appellant, the surviving executor of John Sifford, deceased, to give countersecurity.1885, Maryland. Court of Appeals, Alexander Contee Magruder, Oliver Miller, Maryland Reports, page 15
- Sir John's executors, under colour of some countersecurities given to Sir John and some assignments of judgments, unjustly compelled Sir Arthur to pay 1,600l. and upwards for debts from which Sir John had discharged him.1894, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, The Manuscripts of the House of Lords, 1692-1693, page 2
Forms of countersecurity
| plural | countersecurities |
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Origin of countersecurity
From counter- + security.
Questions about countersecurity
- What does countersecurity mean?
- Countersecurity means a commitment to guarantee the security (property or bonding in securing a loan) of someone who has become security for another.
- What part of speech is countersecurity?
- Countersecurity is a noun.
- What is the plural of countersecurity?
- The plural of countersecurity is countersecurities.
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