'business bona fide'

In this context it's legalese, but it's really easy. (Bona fide=good faith, I'm absolutely sure you already knew this). You probably thought about a hidden meaning, but in this case there is none.

[nq:1]In this context it's legalese, but it's really easy. (Bona fide=good faith, I'm absolutely sure you already knew this). You probably thought about a hidden meaning, but in this case there is none.[/nq]
So the misuse of "bona fides" as a plural has led to this. "Bona fides" is good faith.

[nq:1]So the misuse of "bona fides" as a plural has led to this. "Bona fides" is good faith.[/nq]
No "bona fide" is the original expression which was taken from the Latin already in the ablative. It means "in good faith". I think it's a coincidence that the English back-formed plural "bona fides" is the same as the Latin nominative singular "bona fides", although I suppose it's possible that i

[nq:1]What's 'business bona fide' (possibly only in legalese)? (See, e.g., http://google.com/search?q=%22a+business+bona+fide%22 .)[/nq]
"Bona fide" can be used as an adjective, and here we have it being used postpositionally, as is common even today in legal terminology. It's almost but not qui

[nq:2]So the misuse of "bona fides" as a plural has led to this. "Bona fides" is good faith.[/nq]
[nq:1]No "bona fide" is the original expression which was taken from the Latin already in the ablative. It means ... suppose it's possible that it was adopted as a legitimate nominative singular that English speakers assume is plural (like kudos).[/nq]
Apparently Latin continues to develop in

Ditto. Res inter alies acta, aliis neque nocere, neque produce potest.

[nq:2]In this context it's legalese, but it's really easy. (Bona ... a hidden meaning, but in this case there is none.[/nq]
[nq:1]So the misuse of "bona fides" as a plural has led to this. "Bona fides" is good faith.[/nq]
Or a man's genital parts.

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[nq:2]So the misuse of "bona fides" as a plural has led to this. "Bona fides" is good faith.[/nq]
[nq:1]No "bona fide" is the original expression which was taken from the Latin already in the ablative. It means ... suppose it's possible that it was adopted as a legitimate nominative singular that English speakers assume is plural (like kudos).[/nq]
The term "bona fides" is Latin. It is not

[nq:1]The term "bona fides" is Latin. It is not an English back-formation.[/nq]
I don't dispute that "bona fides" happens to be Latin.
[nq:1]Normal English word order suggests that the question about "business bona fides" is about a term in which "business" is an adjective and[/nq]
There would be nothing strange about the use of "business bona fide" where business is a noun and bona fi

In the context, I think it means a business genuinely engaged in...
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