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promissory
/ ˈprɒmɪsərɪ /
adjective
- containing, relating to, or having the nature of a promise
- insurance stipulating how the provisions of an insurance contract will be fulfilled after it has been signed
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Other Words From
- promis·sori·ly adverb
- non·promis·sory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of promissory1
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Example Sentences
When the oath usually represented as promissory is sworn, a covenant with God is thereby made.
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Evidence has been given, that the latter kind of oaths, viewed as promissory, brings under an engagement to God.
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An unpaid promissory note is an executory contract, when paid it becomes an executed one.
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The banks do not pry into his moral character: they are satisfied that he meets his overdrafts and promissory notes punctually.
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Six of those last-named little promissory notes, all due on the same day, Ben, and all intrusted to me!'
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