Bona Fide Definition

bōnə fīd, fīdē, bŏnə
bonafide
adjective
In good faith; made or done without fraud or deceit.
A bona fide offer to negotiate.
Webster's New World
Genuine; real.
A bona fide Chippendale chair.
Webster's New World
In good faith. Acting, being, carried out, or made in good faith; authentic; genuine; sincere.
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Origin of Bona Fide

  • Latin bonā fidē bonā feminine ablative of bonus good fidē ablative of fidēs faith

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin bonā fidē (“in good faith”) which is the ablative of bona fidēs (“good faith”).

    From Wiktionary

Bona Fide Sentence Examples

  • This is probably a bona fide claim.

  • It is, of course, quite impossible, in a survey of extinct birds, to divide them into those which are bona fide fossil, sub-fossil, recently extirpated and partially exterminated.

  • Miley Cyrus, with her reported $18 mllion in earnings last year at the age of 15, is a bona-fide star, but her pictures are far from the Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan ongoing scandals.

  • The act also declares the validit y of leases made by a simoniac or simoniacallypresented person, if bona fide and for valuable consideration to a lessee ignorant of the simony.

  • How do you know whether you are a genuine, bona fide Casson?

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BBOBON

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EDEIDE

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