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bona fide

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bo·na fide  (bn fd, fd, bn)
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 bon fid : bon, feminine ablative of bonus, good + fid, ablative of fids, faith.]

bona fide
adj [ˈbəʊnə ˈfaɪdɪ]
1. real or genuine a bona fide manuscript
2. undertaken in good faith a bona fide agreement
n [ˈbɔːnə fɑɪd]
Irish informal a public house licensed to remain open after normal hours to serve bona fide travellers
[from Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bona fide - undertaken in good faith; "a bona fide offer"
sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"
2.bona fidebona fide - not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

bona fide
adjective genuine, real, true, legal, actual, legitimate, authentic, honest, veritable, lawful, on the level (informal), kosher (informal), dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), the real McCoy We are happy to donate to bona fide charitable causes.
false, fake, imitation, bogus, sham, counterfeit, ersatz, phoney or phony (informal)
Translations
bona fide [ˈbəʊnəˈfaɪdɪ] ADJ (= genuine) → auténtico; (= legal) → legal
bona fide [ˌbəʊnəˈfaɪdi] adj
[qualification, charity] → authentique
[star] → vrai(e)
[purchaser, offer] → sérieux/euse
bona fide
adjbona fide; traveller, word, antiqueecht; it’s a bona fide offeres ist ein Angebot auf Treu und Glauben
bona fide [ˈbəʊnəˈfaɪdɪ] adj (antique, excuse) → autentico/a; (offer) → serio/a, onesto/a
bona fide [ˈbəʊnəˈfaɪdɪ] adj (antique, excuse) → autentico/a; (offer) → serio/a, onesto/a


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As the President finished reading the paper (which I beg leave to assure my readers is a bona fide copy of one written by bona fide girls once upon a time), a round of applause followed, and then Mr.
It was even better than removing from East Broadway into bona fide, real, unequaled, league-long, eighty feet wide, Broadway!
The reward which has been offered is a large one, and it is not for me to question the bona fide nature of it.
 
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