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se⋅cu⋅ri⋅ty

  [si-kyoor-i-tee] noun, plural -ties, adjective
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–noun
1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well-founded confidence.
3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense.
4. freedom from financial cares or from want: The insurance policy gave the family security.
5. precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, etc.: The senator claimed security was lax and potential enemies know our plans.
6. a department or organization responsible for protection or safety: He called security when he spotted the intruder.
7. protection or precautions taken against escape; custody: The dangerous criminal was placed under maximum security.
8. an assurance; guarantee.
9. Law.
a. something given or deposited as surety for the fulfillment of a promise or an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.
b. one who becomes surety for another.
10. an evidence of debt or of property, as a bond or a certificate of stock.
11. Usually, securities. stocks and bonds.
12. Archaic. overconfidence; cockiness.
–adjective
13. of, pertaining to, or serving as security: The company has instituted stricter security measures.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME securytye, securite(e) < L sēcūritās. See secure, -ity

Synonyms:
2. assurance, certainty, positiveness. 3. safeguard, safety.
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se·cu·ri·ty   (sĭ-kyŏŏr'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. se·cu·ri·ties
  1. Freedom from risk or danger; safety.
  2. Freedom from doubt, anxiety, or fear; confidence.
  3. Something that gives or assures safety, as:
    1. A group or department of private guards: Call building security if a visitor acts suspicious.
    2. Measures adopted by a government to prevent espionage, sabotage, or attack.
    3. Measures adopted, as by a business or homeowner, to prevent a crime such as burglary or assault: Security was lax at the firm's smaller plant.
    4. Measures adopted to prevent escape: Security in the prison is very tight.
  4. Something deposited or given as assurance of the fulfillment of an obligation; a pledge.
  5. One who undertakes to fulfill the obligation of another; a surety.
  6. A document indicating ownership or creditorship; a stock certificate or bond.

[Middle English securite, from Old French, from Latin sēcūritās, from sēcūrus, secure; see secure.]
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securities

Written evidence of ownership or creditorship, such as bonds and stock certificates.

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