security

== English == === Alternative forms === secuerity (obsolete) === Etymology === From secure +‎ -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) +‎ cūra (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cūrā (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/, (pour–poor merger) /sɪˈkjɔːɹəti/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjɵːɹɪtɪj/, (pour–poor merger) /sɪˈkjoːɹɪtɪj/ (General American) IPA(key): /səˈkjʊɹ.ɪti/, [səˈkjʊɹɪɾi]; (cure–fir merger) /səˈkjɝ.ɪti/, [səˈkjɝɪɾi] (Scotland) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjʉɾɪte/, [sɪˈkjʉːɾɪte] Hyphenation (US): se‧cu‧rit‧y === Noun === security (countable and uncountable, plural securities) (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially. (countable) Something that secures. An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order. (law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law. (law) Freedom from apprehension. (finance, often in the plural) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock or any of various classes of bond.W (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments. (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan. Near-synonym: collateral A guarantee. (obsolete) Carelessness; negligence. ==== Synonyms ==== (condition of not being threatened): safety (something that secures): protection (something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation): guarantee, surety, pledge See also Thesaurus:security ==== Antonyms ==== insecurity (condition of being threatened) ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 實Q / 实Q (sat6 kiu1), 石Q (sek6 kiu1), 食Q, 食蕉 (sik6 ziu1) → Indonesian: sekuriti → Indonesian: sekuritas (semantic loan) → Japanese: セキュリティ (sekyuriti) ==== Translations ==== === References === “security”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. security in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “security”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. security on Wikipedia.Wikipedia