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bona fide
adjective
- real or genuine
a bona fide manuscript
- undertaken in good faith
a bona fide agreement
noun
- informal.a public house licensed to remain open after normal hours to serve bona fide travellers
bona fide
- Genuine: “The offer was a bona fide business opportunity: they really meant to carry it through.” From Latin , meaning “in good faith.”
Usage Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of bona fide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bona fide1
Example Sentences
They hope to expand the event from one play to an annual festival with multiple productions in the coming years, to make Ojai a bona fide theatrical destination.
Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, which represents major property and casualty insurers, said the lawsuit represents a “bona fide dispute” over Fair Plan policy language regarding smoke damage.
In the process, Sanders became something rare in O.C. politics: a bona fide hero.
A special master appointed by the court to do fact-finding in the case said last year that a “bona fide mental health staffing emergency” persisted and in some prisons had gotten worse.
During his tenure, the charismatic conductor became a bona fide celebrity in the city and elevated the orchestra to wide recognition as the most important in the country.
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