promissory
Origin of promissory
1Other words from promissory
- prom·is·so·ri·ly, adverb
- non·prom·is·so·ry, adjective
Words Nearby promissory
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How to use promissory in a sentence
We often think of the Fifteenth Amendment as a promissory note on racial equality, that had to wait to be honored until the Civil Rights victories of the 1960s.
Voter Suppression Grew Up From the Soil of Emancipation Itself | Kris Manjapra | April 8, 2022 | TimeWhen the oath usually represented as promissory is sworn, a covenant with God is thereby made.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamEvidence has been given, that the latter kind of oaths, viewed as promissory, brings under an engagement to God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamAn unpaid promissory note is an executory contract, when paid it becomes an executed one.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe banks do not pry into his moral character: they are satisfied that he meets his overdrafts and promissory notes punctually.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma Gandhi
Six of those last-named little promissory notes, all due on the same day, Ben, and all intrusted to me!'
The Pickwick Papers | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for promissory
/ (ˈprɒmɪsərɪ) /
containing, relating to, or having the nature of a promise
insurance stipulating how the provisions of an insurance contract will be fulfilled after it has been signed
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