DEED


Meaning of DEED in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

changed...name by deed poll

Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.

deed poll

Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.

good deed for the day (= something good you try to do for someone else every day )

Well, that’s my good deed for the day .

title deed

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

evil

Endued with evenness of mind, one casts off in this very life both good deeds and evil deeds.

It was Ariel who tortured Antonio and the king with visions that made them repent their evil deeds .

good

So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Through it all, Tatum maintained his posture of mover and shaker, champion of democracy, doer of good deeds .

Do good deeds now and the result will be a future of happiness and blessing.

That piece of paper would be, no question, a good deed .

Mr Chance, of Nunthorpe, Cleveland, is a charity worker extraordinaire whose good deeds are mostly connected with mental handicap.

Endued with evenness of mind, one casts off in this very life both good deeds and evil deeds.

But on waking she pushed these resolutely aside and stomped out to do her good deeds .

But no good deed goes unpunished in noire crime stories.

great

And more disturbingly for the other clubs with ambition, the display promises even greater deeds .

Therese, who died of tuberculosis in 1897 at the age of 24, performed no great deeds while she was alive.

In your conduct in battle you must be worthy of the great deeds of this regiment's history.

Eisenhower had not been aggressive enough, he tended to compromise, he could not stir the nation to great deeds .

No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.

There his trials began and his great deeds as well.

He traveled to many lands and did many other great deeds .

heroic

Wagner in his day had preached purity of heart and heroic deeds .

The wicked characters are imprisoned, and Wilkin is made a captain for his heroic deed in battle.

It would, to Rab, be an heroic deed if the man had fought.

title

A restrictive clause in the title deed limited the land use to mission purposes.

■ NOUN

mortgage

We would give the same construction to the comparable provisions in the other mortgage deeds .

In the mortgage deed the respondents further covenanted that they would purchase all their requirements from the appellants exclusively.

Accordingly, we would construe the guarantee and debenture in the same way that we have construed the mortgage deeds .

In the Esso case, the restraint in a supply and purchase contract was reinforced in a mortgage deed .

Again, the appropriate mortgage deed will be sewn into the back of the certificate.

partnership

Again, prior planning under the partnership deed may provide for purchase of a deceased or retired partner's share by valuation.

We can identify a formal partnership by the partnership deed .

It is the partnership deed which regulates the various legal rights and duties of the partners as between themselves.

The dissolution, taking an account of the distribution of assets, should normally be provided for in the partnership deed .

Section 24 applies to all partnerships irrespective of the provisions of a given partnership deed .

poll

I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name, which he did by deed poll .

After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.

The Law Society will require evidence such as a marriage certificate, deed poll or statutory declaration.

Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.

trust

Any new stock will need to be constituted by an appropriate trust deed or loan stock instrument.

Under the trust deed I appoint a Government observer and am consulted on the appointment of the chairman.

Trustees for the stockholders and eurobond holders are appointed under trust deeds .

These trust deeds usually contain an expert clause about the remuneration of the trustee appointed under the deed.

The terms of the trust will need to be documented and the trustee made a party to the trust deed .

You can also ask to see a copy of the trust deed as well as the latest annual report and audited accounts.

■ VERB

change

After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.

Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.

commit

One of these so-respectable people had either committed the deed or engineered it.

So then I would not be here today, to go back and commit the deed !

And they, in turn, commit the same deed on those who stand in the way of what they want.

do

She doesn't know that Pete, of all people, did the dreadful deed .

The will maker can register it in person or send some one to do the deed .

He thinks Washington can do good deeds and disagrees with Texas Sen.

perform

It is their destiny to perform mighty deeds and shape the fate of kingdoms.

He took uncommon risks, performed unlikely deeds .

We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.

Therese, who died of tuberculosis in 1897 at the age of 24, performed no great deeds while she was alive.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

deeds/acts etc of derring-do

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He grew up reading the tales and legends of heroic deeds.

My grandfather signed the deed for this land.

One day he will pay for his evil deeds.

Parents can teach children their values by word and deed .

Well, that's my good deed for the day.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For example, if the title deeds are left with the company, an equitable mortgagee by deposit will take priority.

I may as well explain here why he did this much-criticized and desperate deed of daring....

She has earned acclaim for both words and deeds.

Something happens, a deed is done, and the consequences just go rolling on.

Such monstrous deeds always angered the gods and they served him as he had served others.

The atrocious deeds they'd committed!

The gulf between words and deeds would, Bertinotti feared, be more self-destructive than any other course of action.

When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful.

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