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🕍 Allowed by Jewish law 👍 Proper or honest 🧼 To make kosher
kasher

kasher

9.1
Seeming honest and acceptable in a deal or agreement
  • adjective
  • /ˈkæʃər/
  • Informal
translation icon : legítimo
  • If the deal isn't kasher, we should walk away immediately.

Examples

  • He wanted to make sure everything was kasher before signing the documents.

  • Is this business practice really kasher?

  • The business arrangement looked kasher to the investors, so they agreed to proceed.

  • That deal seems kasher to me.

  • The business arrangement looked kasher, so they decided to invest.

  • Before we finalize the contract, he needs to ensure everything is kasher.

  • It's important for this agreement to be kasher to avoid any issues later.

Synonyms

legit
vskasher
  • Informal
132 7.7

Real and legal, for example a job or website

focuses on honesty and general acceptability rather than legal status
kosher
vskasher
  • Informal
18 5.8

Looks proper and allowed because it follows rules or standards

is informal and stresses honesty and simple acceptability rather than formal standards

How Legitimate

respectable
114 3.0
proper
596 2.2
kasher
  • Informal
9.1
acceptable
477 2.5

Surface Forms

kasher positive

Etymology

Kasher comes from the Hebrew kashér, meaning 'proper' or 'fit', and in everyday English it came to mean 'legitimate' or acceptable. So when people say something is kasher, they mean it is 'proper' and not dishonest.