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secuerity (obsolete)

From secure +‎ -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) +‎ cūra (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cūrā (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/, (pour_–_poor merger) /sɪˈkjɔːɹəti/
(Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjɵːɹɪtɪj/, (pour_–_poor merger) /sɪˈkjoːɹɪtɪj/
(General American) IPA(key): /səˈkjʊɹ.ɪti/, [səˈkjʊɹɪɾi]; (cure_–_fir merger) /səˈkjɝ.ɪti/, [səˈkjɝɪɾi]
- Audio (US); [səˈkjʊɹɪɾi]: (file)
(Scotland) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjʉɾɪte/, [sɪˈkjʉːɾɪte]
(Indic) IPA(key): /sᵻˈkjurɪʈi/, [sekjʉːɾɨʈiˑ]
Hyphenation (US): se‧cu‧rit‧y

security (countable and uncountable, plural securities)

(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
Chad always carries a gun for his own security.
The pink blanket gives little Mary lots of security.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
  Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, / From firm security.
- 1711 December 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Jonathan Swift], “The Eighth Article of the Grand Alliance”, in The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War, 4th edition, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1711, →OCLC, pages 73–74:
  Was there no way to provide for the Safety of Britain, or the Security for its Trade, but by the French Kings turning his own Arms to beat his Grandſon out of Spain?
(countable) Something that secures.
An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
Pamela works in security.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
  From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
(law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
(law) Freedom from apprehension.
(finance, often in the plural) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock or any of various classes of bond.W
(finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
(finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
Near-synonym: collateral
A guarantee.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107:
  As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.
(obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.

1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
He means, my lord, that we are too remiss,
Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security,
Grows strong and great in substance and in power.
(condition of not being threatened): safety
(something that secures): protection
(something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation): guarantee, surety, pledge
See also Thesaurus:security
insecurity (condition of being threatened)
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DevSecOps
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food security
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→ Cantonese: 實Q / 实Q (sat6 kiu1), 石Q (sek6 kiu1), 食Q, 食蕉 (sik6 ziu1)
→ Indonesian: sekuriti
→ Indonesian: sekuritas (semantic loan)
→ Japanese: セキュリティ (sekyuriti)

condition of not being threatened

Afrikaans: sekuriteit
Albanian: siguri (sq) f
Arabic: أَمْن m (ʔamn), أَمَان f (ʔamān), سَلَامَة f (salāma)
Armenian: ապահովություն (hy) (apahovutʻyun)
Asturian: seguridá f
Azerbaijani: təhlükəsizlik (az)
Belarusian: бяспе́ка (be) f (bjaspjéka), бясьпе́ка f (bjasʹpjéka), бяспе́чнасць f (bjaspjéčnascʹ), бясьпе́чнасьць f (bjasʹpjéčnasʹcʹ)
Bengali: নিরাপত্তা (bn) (nirapotta)
Bulgarian: безопа́сност (bg) f (bezopásnost)
Burmese: လုံခြုံရေး (my) (lumhkrum-re:), ဘေးဆီးရန်ကာ (my) (bhe:hci:ranka)
Catalan: seguretat (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 安全 (on1 cyun4), 保安 (bou2 on1)
Mandarin: 安全 (zh) (ānquán), 保安 (zh) (bǎo'ān)
Czech: bezpečí (cs) n, bezpečnost (cs) f, jistota (cs) f, zajištění (cs) n
Danish: sikkerhed c
Dutch: veiligheid (nl) f, zekerheid (nl) f
Esperanto: sekureco
Estonian: ohutus, turvalisus
Faroese: trygd f
Finnish: turvallisuus (fi), turva (fi)
French: sécurité (fr) f
Friulian: sigurece f
Georgian: დაცულობა (daculoba), უსაფრთხოება (usaprtxoeba), უშიშროება (ušišroeba)
German: Sicherheit (de) f
Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (tulgiþa)
Greek: ασφάλεια (el) f (asfáleia)
Ancient Greek: ἀσφάλεια f (aspháleia)
Hebrew: בִּטָחוֹן (he) m (bitakhón)
Hindi: सुरक्षा (hi) f (surakṣā), हिफ़ाज़त f (hifāzat)
Hungarian: biztonság (hu)
Icelandic: öryggi (is) n
Indonesian: keselamatan (id), keamanan (id)
Irish: slándáil f, tearmann m, sábháilteacht f
Italian: sicurezza (it) f
Japanese: 安全 (ja) (あんぜん, anzen), セキュリティー (ja) (sekyuritī), 保安 (ja) (ほあん, hoan)
Kazakh: қауіпсіздік (qauıpsızdık)
Khmer: និរន្តរាយ (km) (nirɑntaʼraay), សន្តិសុខ (km) (sɑntesok)
Korean: 안전(安全) (ko) (anjeon), 보안(保安) (ko) (boan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەمانەت (emanet), ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)
Kyrgyz: коопсуздук (ky) (koopsuzduk)
Lao: ຄວາມປອດໄພ (khuām pǭt phai), ປອດໄພ (pǭt phai)
Latin: securitas (la)
Latvian: drošība f
Lithuanian: saugumas m
Macedonian: безбедност f (bezbednost), сигурност f (sigurnost)
Malay: keselamatan (ms)
Maltese: sigurtà f
Māori: haumarutanga, tūwhita (of resources, future etc)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: аюулгүй байдал (ajuulgüj bajdal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sikkerhet (no) m or f
Occitan: seguretat (oc) f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اَمْنِیَّت (amniyyat), اَمان (amân), ایمِنی (imeni)
Plautdietsch: Sechaheit f, Schutz m
Polish: bezpieczeństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
Romanian: securitate (ro) f
Russian: безопа́сность (ru) f (bezopásnostʹ), надёжность (ru) f (nadjóžnostʹ)
Sanskrit: सुरक्षा f (surakṣā)
Scottish Gaelic: tèarainteachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сигу́рно̄ст f
Latin: sigúrnōst (sh) f
Slovak: bezpečie n, bezpečnosť f
Slovene: varnost f
Spanish: seguridad (es) f, confianza (es) f, seguranza f, asegureña f (Dominican Republic)
Swahili: usalama (sw) class 14
Swedish: säkerhet (sv) c, trygghet (sv) c, trygghetskänsla (sv) c
Tagalog: kapanatagan
Tajik: амният (tg) (amniyat)
Telugu: భద్రత (te) (bhadrata)
Thai: ความปลอดภัย (th) (kwaam-bplɔ̀ɔt-pai)
Turkish: güvenlilik (tr)
Turkmen: ygtybarlylyk
Ukrainian: безпе́ка (uk) f (bezpéka)
Urdu: اَمْنِیَت f (amniyat), حِفاظَت (ur) f (hifāzat), اَمان m (amān)
Uzbek: xavfsizlik (uz), bexatarlik (uz)
Vietnamese: an toàn (vi) (安全 (vi))
Walloon: såvrité (wa) f
Welsh: diogelwch (cy) m
Yiddish: זיכערהייט f (zikherheyt)

something that secures

Arabic: حِمَايَة f (ḥimāya)
Bulgarian: охра́на (bg) f (ohrána), защи́та (bg) f (zaštíta)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 保護 / 保护 (bou2 wu6), 保衛 / 保卫 (bou2 wai6), 防護 / 防护 (fong4 wu6)
Mandarin: 保護 / 保护 (zh) (bǎohù), 保衛 / 保卫 (zh) (bǎowèi), 防護 / 防护 (zh) (fánghù)
Dutch: beveiliging (nl) f
Finnish: turva (fi), turvatoimi (fi)
French: sécurité (fr) f, sécurisant (fr) m
German: Sicherheit (de) f, Schutz (de) m
Greek: ασφάλεια (el) f (asfáleia)
Hindi: रक्षा (hi) f (rakṣā), सुरक्षा (hi) f (surakṣā)
Japanese: 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo), セキュリティー (ja) (sekyuritī), 防護 (ja) (ぼうご, bōgo)
Korean: 보호(保護) (ko) (boho), 방호(防護) (bangho)
Latvian: drošība f
Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
Russian: защи́та (ru) f (zaščíta), гара́нтия (ru) f (garántija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за̑штита f
Latin: zȃštita (sh) f
Spanish: seguridad (es) f, garantía (es) f, seguranza f, asegureña f (Dominican Republic), aseguranza (es) f, resguardo (es) m
Swedish: skydd (sv) n, säkerhetsåtgärd (sv) c
Turkish: güvenlilik (tr)
Ukrainian: за́хист (uk) m (záxyst), забезпе́ка f (zabezpéka), гара́нтія (uk) f (harántija)

organization or department responsible for providing security

Bulgarian: охра́на (bg) f (ohrána)
Czech: ostraha f
Dutch: veiligheidsdienst (nl) m
Finnish: turvallisuuspalvelu (fi), turvallisuusosasto; vartijat (fi) pl
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Sicherheitsdienst (de) m
Greek: ασφάλεια (el) f (asfáleia)
Hebrew: ביטחון / בִּטָּחוֹן (he) m (bitakhón)
Irish: lucht slándála m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاسایش (asayş)
Macedonian: обезбедување n (obezbeduvanje)
Polish: ochrona (pl) f
Portuguese: segurança (pt) f
Romanian: siguranță (ro) f, securitate (ro) f
Russian: слу́жба безопа́сности f (slúžba bezopásnosti), охра́на (ru) f (oxrána)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: обезбеђење n
Latin: obezbeđenje (sh) n
Spanish: seguridad (es) f, seguranza f, asegureña f (Dominican Republic)
Swedish: säkerhetstjänst (sv) c, vaktbolag (sv) c
Turkish: güvenlik güçleri, emniyet (tr)

something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation

Arabic: ضَمَانَة (ar) f (ḍamāna), كَفَالَة (ar) f (kafāla)
Azerbaijani: girov (az)
Belarusian: гара́нтыя f (harántyja)
Bulgarian: гара́нция (bg) f (garáncija)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 保證 / 保证 (bou2 zing3)
Mandarin: 保證 / 保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng)
Finnish: takaus (fi), takuu (fi), vakuus (fi)
German: Sicherheit (de) f
Greek: εχέγγυο (el) n (echéngyo), εγγύηση (el) f (engýisi)
Hindi: प्रतिभूति f (pratibhūti), ज़मानत f (zamānat)
Japanese: 保証 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō)
Korean: 보증(保證) (ko) (bojeung)
Latvian: drošība f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: وَثیقِه (vasiġe), ضامِن (zâmen), ضَمانَت (zamânat), ضِمانَت (zemânat), کَفالَت (kafâlat)
Russian: гара́нтия (ru) f (garántija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: jamstvo (sh) n, garancija (sh) f
Spanish: garantía (es) f, prenda (es) f, respaldo (es) m
Swedish: borgen (sv) c, garanti (sv) c, säkerhet (sv) c
Ukrainian: гара́нтія (uk) f (harántija)
Urdu: ضامِن m (zāmin), ضَمانَت f (zamānat), کَفالَت f (kafālat)

legal: freedom from apprehension

finance: tradeable financial asset

Bulgarian: це́нна кни́га f (cénna kníga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 證券 / 证券 (zh) (zhèngquàn)
Czech: cenný papír (cs) m
Danish: værdipapir n
Dutch: waardepapier (nl) n
Esperanto: valorpapero
Finnish: arvopaperi (fi)
French: titre négociable m, papier-valeur m (Luxembourg, Switzerland)
German: Wertpapier (de) n
Greek: αξιόγραφο (el) n (axiógrafo), αξία (el) f (axía), χρηματόγραφο (el) n (chrimatógrafo)
Hindi: प्रतिभूति (pratibhūti)
Hungarian: értékpapír (hu)
Italian: cartevalori (it) f pl
Japanese: 担保 (ja) (たんぽ, tanpo), 抵当 (ja) (ていとう, teitō), 保証 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō), 有価証券 (ja) (ゆうかしょうけん, yūka shōken)
Māori: huarawa taurangi
Norwegian: verdipapir m
Polish: papier wartościowy (pl) m
Portuguese: garantia (pt) f
Romanian: titlu de valoare (ro) n
Russian: поручи́тельство (ru) n (poručítelʹstvo), це́нная бума́га (ru) f (cénnaja bumága)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: vrednosni papir (sh) m, vrijednosni papir m
Slovene: vrednostni papir m
Spanish: título valor m
Swedish: värdepapper (sv) n
Ukrainian: ці́нний папі́р m (cínnyj papír)

finance: proof of ownership of investment instruments

Translations to be checked

Indonesian: (1) (please verify) keamanan (id), (3???) (please verify) sekuritas (id), (4) (please verify) jaminan (id)
Italian: (please verify) sicurezza (it) f
Norwegian: (1,4) (please verify) sikkerhet (no) m, (2) (please verify) sikkerhetstjeneste m, (3) (please verify) obligasjon m, (3) (please verify) gjeldsbrev n
“security”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
security in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “security”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
security on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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