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🏅 An action 📄 A legal document 📄 To transfer property
to deed

to deed

4 6.4
To give property to someone using a signed paper
  • verb
  • /did/
  • Formal
translation icon : transferir a
  • I've deeded them all to the cause.

Examples

  • The Rubber Rose Ranch has been officially deeded over to the cowgirls.

    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

  • The property was deeded to Tongorville by Silas Peak, and the deed is recorded in Liber 322 of Deeds at page 88.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Which is a perfect reason you should deed more land to the casino.

    Crooked Arrows (2012)

  • "Will you deed it back to me?" "I can't do that," he said.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • In the process, they can deed all the land they've held on to to the state.

    Blog text (9)

  • I deeded him the land and he guaranteed me half of what he got - -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

  • The land in question is 17 acres of waterfront property on Pinefield Drive, deeded to Alex Rivers, who died intestate in 1971.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Leighton went before the notary and deeded away his ten plots for $108,000, and the notary crimped the paper with his seal.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The family decided to deed the property to their children to ensure it stays within the family.

  • After the negotiations, she deeded the land to the nonprofit organization for community development.

Synonyms

to pass
vsto deed
  • Specialized
266 6.8

To give property or rights to another person

refers specifically to doing that move through a formal document
to transfer
vsto deed
241 3.4

To make someone else the owner of something

adds that this change uses a signed legal document for effect
to grant
vsto deed
  • Formal
157 7.0

To give ownership or rights to property using a legal document

is the common term for that official document-based transfer
to cede
vsto deed
  • Formal
39 8.2

To officially give control, ownership or rights to someone else

is narrower, meaning a private legal transfer using an official document
to sign over
vsto deed
  • Formal
18 4.9

Give ownership of something to another person by signing papers

emphasizes the same official transfer but is the general noun for it
to sign away
vsto deed
11 4.8

Give up rights or property by agreeing to it in writing

describes the same legal loss but highlights the document used for transfer
to assign
vsto deed
  • Formal
7 6.3

Give your rights in property to another person

is more specific about doing this via an official legal document
to convey
vsto deed
  • Formal
6 5.5

To officially give property or rights to someone

focuses specifically on doing that transfer via a legal document
to deed over
vsto deed
1 7.4

Give ownership of property to another person using a legal document

is the base noun referring to that same legal transfer action
to grant land
vsto deed
  • Formal
1 6.6

To give land to someone so they legally own it

is the general legal term used when that giving uses a document
to retitle
vsto deed
  • Formal
6.6

To change the name on the official papers of a car or house

is about the legal act of transferring rights, not only changing records

Antonyms

to retain
236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

to withhold
210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Idioms

to do the deed
  • NSFW
7 7.8

To have sex, often used in a polite way to mean to get married

Phrasal Verbs

to deed over
1 7.4

Give ownership of property to another person using a legal document

Compounds

deed of trust
  • Formal
2 8.4

A document that gives a person control of property to make sure a home loan is repaid

title deed
  • Specialized
2 6.1

An official paper that shows who owns a house or land

deed poll
  • UK
1 8.2

A document one person signs to officially change their name

quitclaim deed
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A legal document that transfers a person's right to a property without promising they actually own it

deed of conveyance
  • Formal
8.6

A signed document that transfers land or a house from one person to another

mortgage deed
  • Formal
7.1

A document that says a bank can take your property if you do not pay back a loan

trust deed
  • Specialized
7.1

A document that gives property to a trustee as security for a loan

Surface Forms

deed infinitive
deeded past
deeded past participle
deeding present participle
deeds third person singular

Etymology

Deed as a verb comes from the noun deed for a legal paper, so to deed land to someone is to officially give it by that document. This links the action of giving directly to the written record that proves the transfer.