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forfeit - use in sentences
Object
- recognizance: Enforcement of fines imposed and recognizances forfeited by Crown Court.
- shilling: If any one transgresses this necessary Rule, he shall each time forfeit one shilling.
- lease: In very serious cases, the Council may take proceedings to forfeit the lease.
- deposit: In the event of an insurance claim, the Hirer shall be liable to forfeit his/her deposit.
- inheritance: He has paid the redemption price of the forfeited inheritance.
- estate: All the Hamilton estates were confiscated under the Act for the sale of estates forfeited for treason.
Preposition: on
- cancelation: No refund of premiums will be made and the insurance premium is forfeited on cancelation.
Subject
- sin: Obviously this intense belief in a future life of eternal happiness, which would be forfeited by sin, had a profound influence.
Modifying Another Word
- thereby: Everybody is free to quit at any time, thereby forfeiting payment.
- automatically: Text winners who do not claim their prize within two weeks of being notified will automatically forfeit their right to the prize.
- yet: Something neither of us is ready to forfeit yet.
- thus: His Estate becoming thus forfeited, the King bestowed this Lordship on Anthony de Lucy, Esq.
- immediately: The damage deposit will be forfeit immediately for noise disturbances where a valid complaint has been received from other guests.
- therefore: She had therefore forfeited her right to a free meal to provide her children with a packed lunch.
Used with why or when
- when: The insurer agreed to pay the balance of the holiday cost, which the couple had forfeited when they canceled.
- where: If less than six months notice is given we regret the booking deposit will be held and forfeited where your dates are not re-let.
Preposition: in
- event: The bonds would be forfeited in the event of trouble.
- case: This amount is non-refundable and will be forfeited in case of trip cancelation on your part.
Preposition: for
- treason: All the Hamilton estates were confiscated under the Act for the sale of estates forfeited for treason.
Preposition: by
- sin: Obviously this intense belief in a future life of eternal happiness, which would be forfeited by sin, had a profound influence.
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