security
security is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense. Specifically: (a) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay. (b) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
- 2.An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accommodate
- accommodation
- advance
- affiance
- air
- airy
- anchor
- anticipation
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- auction
- auctioneer
- balm
- beam
- belief
- bit
- blue
- bond
- bottom
- box
- bright
- bring
- buoyancy
- cheer
- chose
- clear
- cloud
- commercial
- confidence
- counter
- custom
- dawn
- day
- deal
- demi
- demise
- desire
- dispense
- disposal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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