Bona fide is a Latin phrase, meaning literally "in good faith." Bona is the feminine version of "bonus," originally a Latin word meaning "good" and now an English word. "Fide" is from Latin, meaning "faith." The phrase should be italicized, since it is a phrase in a language other than English. A bona fide offer is one made in good faith, authentic, sincere, honest, legitimate.
A bona fide offer was made to purchase the company.
Bona fide can mean: 1. real or genuine: It was a bona fide example of his hand writing or 2.undertaken in good faith: He made a bona fide offer to buy the house.
Bona fide is a Latin term for 'good faith'. It is used to describe something that is genuine. Generally it is associated with: An offer (a bona fide offer to do business etc). An object that gains status from being produced by somebody famous or in a certain era (a bona fide Picasso or a bona fide Edwardian Cabinet). A profession (He is a bona fide helicopter pilot).
That's a bona fide diamond! bona fide means authentic, real.
Bona fide or in bona fide if you want to emphasize.
Badges will only be sold to bona fide law enforcement officers presenting valid ID cards from issuing agency!
Clint Eastwood is a bona fide movie star.
A 'bona fide' employment offer is often a condition which must be met before a prisoner can be paroled. Scripsi epistulam ex bona fide means I wrote the letter in good faith. In the word-by-word translation, the verb 'scripsi' means '[I] wrote'. The noun 'epistulam' means 'letter'. The preposition 'ex' means 'from, in, out of'. The adjective 'bona' means 'good'. The noun 'fide' means 'faith'.
1. The businessman made a bona fide offer to purchase the restaurant, but the restaurateur rejected the offer because the businessman was a foreigner. 2. Check John Doe's bona fidesbefore employing him.
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The adjective term is spelled "bona fide" (legitimate, genuine) from the Latin bona fide, meaning good faith).
The Bona Fide Needs Rule is a guiding principle in federal spending. It states that Congress may only spend money if there is a bona fide, or legitimate, need that needs to be met.