bona fide - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bona fide' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bona fide

- In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Meaning of 'bona fide' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bona fide

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Meaning (1):
- not counterfeit or copied

Example in sentence:

a bona fide manuscript;
an authentic signature;
an unquestionable antique;
photographs taken in a veritable bull ring

Meaning (2):
- undertaken in good faith

Example in sentence:

a bona fide offer

Nearby Words:

bon bon silene bon ton bon vivant bon-accord bona peritura bona roba bonair bonanza bonapartean

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