deed
152
5.8
- noun
- /diːd/
- Formal
:
escritura
- Once the deed was recorded at the county office, the property was legally theirs.
- deed to the property
- deed for land
- deed records
There's also just like where does a deed sit when you buy a home?
- There's also just like where does a deed sit when you buy a home?
- So that would be register of deeds, judgments, bankruptcies.
- Any moment you could change the deed, you know, back to your thing.
- People who lend money usually want a deed securing their right to basically take the property if you don't pay the money back to them.
- If you took the title deed to the bank, they wouldn't be able to finance it.
- No one has a deed of seal for me more than that.
- And for people who are who are Jewish, for people who believe in Judaism as a sort of land deed to the land of Israel, that's another religious reason.
Examples
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You will sign the deeds over to me, cat or no cat.
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There is a deed written down, you can trace it and you can show it to a bank.
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- It's probably the deed for the house.
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Maybe the deed to your house?
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Like the Deed of Title to your property.
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Let me get the deed.
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I will be here until next Saturday, 'Cause we agreed that you would sign that deed.
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Here are the deeds to your mother's only property.
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The covenant is attached to the deed, and it transfers with the property.
Academic text (1998) -
The original deeds to the house on East 88th Street.
Synonyms
169
4.8
The right to own something or the paper that proves you own it
18
3.1
An official paper that records an agreement, right, or contract
7
3.7
Written paper that shows one person sells a thing like a car to another who becomes the owner
2
6.1
An official paper that shows who owns a house or land
2
8.2
A legal document that transfers property to new owners
2
8.4
A document that gives a person control of property to make sure a home loan is repaid
1
9.9
A legal document that transfers a person's right to a property without promising they actually own it
A signed document that transfers land or a house from one person to another
An official process that legally transfers ownership of property between people
A paper that shows who owns land or a house
A document that gives property to a trustee as security for a loan
A document that says a bank can take your property if you do not pay back a loan
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
2
8.4
A document that gives a person control of property to make sure a home loan is repaid
- Specialized
1
9.9
A legal document that transfers a person's right to a property without promising they actually own it
- Formal
A signed document that transfers land or a house from one person to another
- Formal
A document that says a bank can take your property if you do not pay back a loan
How Official
- Specialized
169
4.8
- Formal
152
5.8
∞
2.8
- Formal
7
3.7
241
1.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deed for a legal paper comes from an old English word dēd meaning 'a thing done' and is related to the verb do. So a deed is the paper that shows something has been done or given, which is why it records who owns a property.