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• bona fide — bo·na fide / bō nə ˌfīd, bä nə ; ˌbō nə fī dē, fī də/ adj [Latin, in good faith] 1 a: characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit a bona fide offer b: valid under or in compliance with the law retirement incentives made part of a bona …   Law dictionary

• bona fide — [bō′nə fīd΄, bän′əfīd΄; bō΄nə fī′dē] adj., adv. [L] 1. in good faith; made or done without fraud or deceit [a bona fide offer to negotiate] 2. genuine; real [a bona fide Chippendale chair] SYN. AUTHENTIC …   English World dictionary

• bona fide — /ˌbəυnə faɪdi/ adjective trustworthy, which can be trusted ♦ a bona fide offer an offer which is made honestly …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• bona fide — adjective Etymology: Latin, literally, in good faith Date: 1632 1. made in good faith without fraud or deceit < a bona fide offer to buy a farm > 2. made with earnest intent ; sincere 3. neither specious nor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bo|na fide — «BOH nuh FYD; BON uh FYD; BOH nuh FY dee», 1. in good faith; without deceit or fraud. 2. done in good faith; genuine: »a bona fide offer. ╂[< Latin bonā fidē] Usage Bona fide, a Latin adjective plus …   Useful english dictionary

• bo·na fide — /ˈboʊnəˌfaıd, ˌboʊnəˈfaıdi/ adj 1 : real or genuine She has established her position as a bona fide celebrity. His latest record was a bona fide hit. 2 law : made or done in an honest and sincere way a bona fide offer …   Useful english dictionary

• genuine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. true, right, real, authentic; sincere, real, unaffected; honest, valid. See goodness, purity, truth. Ant., fake, false. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Real; said of things ] Syn. authentic, true, actual …   English dictionary for students

• bonafide — bo·na fide (bōʹnə fīd , fīʹdē, bŏnʹə) adj. 1. Made or carried out in good faith; sincere: a bona fide offer. 2. Authentic; genuine: a bona fide Rembrandt. See Synonyms at authentic.   [Latin bonā fidē: bonā, feminine ablative of bonus …   Universalium

• genuine — adjective 1) a genuine Picasso Syn: authentic, real, actual, original, bona fide, true, veritable; attested, undisputed; informal the real McCoy, honest to goodness, honest to God, the real thing, kosher Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• authentic — adjective Etymology: Middle English autentik, from Anglo French, from Late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos, from authentēs perpetrator, master, from aut + hentēs (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains) Date: 14th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• right — As a noun, and taken in an abstract sense, means justice, ethical correctness, or consonance with the rules of law or the principles of morals. In this signification it answers to one meaning of the Latin jus, and serves to indicate law in the… …   Black's law dictionary