cautionnement — meaning in English
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English meaning
- surety noun A guarantee or promise, especially one to cover someone else's debt or obligation if they fail to pay it.
Senses
cautionnement is used for these senses in English:
- surety (legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- suretyship (legal) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
surety — full definition
- noun A guarantee or promise, especially one to cover someone else's debt or obligation if they fail to pay it.
- noun A person who takes on legal responsibility for another person's debt or duty.