The Collaborative International Dictionary
Security \Se*cu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Securities. [L. securitas: cf. F. s['e]curit['e]. See Secure, and cf. Surety.]
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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically:
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Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power or safety; hence, assurance; certainty.
His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
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Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in power.
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Freedom from risk; safety.
Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, From firm security.
--Shak.Some . . . alleged that we should have no security for our trade.
--Swift.
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That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense. Specifically:
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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. One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
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An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Syn: Protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty; ease; assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety; pledge; bail.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of security English)
Usage examples of "securities".
Second, sign an undated declaration of trust, listing all the securities that are in your name but which you are holding as trustee for Desere Ellis.
American securities sold on the Stockholm exchange is touchy business.
Each drawer contained hundreds of open-faced securities and each cabinet had six drawers.
Ulster Stewart Scarlett had removed securities worth over $270 million.
And Alps Securities, who bought the import outfit, the one owned by the Chinese.
As far as I know, nothing we did for Bern Investments and Alps Securities - they were the only two we bought for - as far as we know there was nothing underhand about the deal.
Why, if he'd been careful and held her down to earth on expenses, she could have lived on just the income from the securities, and the principal could have been intact for something of this sort.
In fact, I've stumbled into a few barrels of securities myself—only I didn't pay anything for them.
She has quite a bundle of securities with her, which I am looking into.
My much-esteemed patron—I may venture to say friend—Sir Marmaduke de Chavasse, having been appointed your legal guardian by the Court of Chancery, and I myself being thereupon named the repository of your securities, these have been administered by me up to now.
Prudence and caution could easily be thrown to the winds, once the negotiable securities were actually in his hands.
The most elemental prudence should indeed have counseled an immediate journey to Amsterdam and a prompt negotiation of all marketable securities which Lady Sue Aldmarshe had placed in his hands.
With these clothes he had placed the leather wallet which contained securities worth half a million of solid money.
The loss will be about forty thousand dollars, all in securities and jewels.
If I had taken the securities and jewels I wouldn't be telling you that I knew the combination.