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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

surety/ guarantee

A: Don't stand/go surety to him because he has no ability to pay back the money.
B: Okay.

Q) I was wondering the word "surety" is used in that kind of context.
  

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I've never come across the word surety . Did you find it in a natural context, or in a thesaurus?

— Philip

  • I've never come across the word surety .
  • Did you find it in a natural context, or in a thesaurus?
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I've never come across the word surety. Did you find it in a natural context, or in a thesaurus?
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moon7296 A: Don't stand/go surety to him because he has no ability to pay back the money.B: Okay.Q) I was wondering the word "surety" is used in that kind of context.
I think it should be stand surety for him.

It is quite a formal/technical word.
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Ah okay. I looked that word in my Korean dictionary. I put a Korean word in a search blank to have it matched with the English word.

What is informal terms or ways of expressing standing surety for someone?
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Another possible word is co-sign. Don't co-sign for him.
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moon7296What is informal terms or ways of expressing standing surety for someone?
If I have the right idea, you could say that you guarantee his debt.
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