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Definition of Certificate
1. Verb. Present someone with a certificate.
2. Noun. A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts.
Generic synonyms: Document, Papers, Written Document
Specialized synonyms: Certificate Of Incorporation, Birth Certificate, Diploma, Sheepskin, Commission, Military Commission, Bill Of Health, Registration, Teacher's Certificate, Teaching Certificate, Probate, Probate Will
Derivative terms: Certify, Certify, Certify
3. Verb. Authorize by certificate.
4. Noun. A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends. "He held several valuable securities"
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Legal Document, Legal Instrument, Official Document
Specialized synonyms: Agency Security, Government Security, Mortgage-backed Security, Registered Security, Scrip, Stock, Stock Certificate, Tax-exempt, Tax-exempt Security, Bond, Bond Certificate, Zero Coupon Security, Zero-coupon Security, Partnership Certificate, Proprietorship Certificate, Convertible, Convertible Security, Letter Security, Listed Security, Otc Security, Over The Counter Security, Unlisted Security
Derivative terms: Certify
Definition of Certificate
1. n. A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.
2. v. t. To verify or vouch for by certificate.
Definition of Certificate
1. Noun. A document containing a certified statement. ¹
2. Noun. A document evidencing ownership or debt. ¹
3. Noun. (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem. ¹
4. Verb. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Certificate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Certificate
Literary usage of Certificate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"JUDICIAL discretion of Commissioners of Bankruptcy as to the Certificate not ...
Bankrupt's Certificate sent back for the purpose of letting in other ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"428) the Legislature of California passed an act providing that in all cases in
which a certificate of purchase of public land had been issued prior to ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Only questions of law reviewed on certificate of division. ... ON a certificate
of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Insurance <S=755(3) — Acceptance of orín- mal premium after notice of hazardous
occupation precluded forfeiture of benefit certificate. ..."
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