: to convey or transfer by a signed instrument containing a legal transfer, bargain, or contract : to convey or transfer by deed (see deedentry 1 sense 4)
Noun They taught their children to be kind and to do good deeds. News of their heroic deeds spread far and wide. It's too late now. The deed is done. The land was transferred by deed. He gave them the deed to the property. Verb She deeded the house to her children. the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter See More
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Noun
Occupants should ask for the deed to the property and call and confirm with the Wayne County Treasurer's Office at 313-224-5986 or by emailing wctauction@waynecounty.com. Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022 Pearce hopes the thieves will return the relic and express remorse for their deed. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021 After renting for two years, Lapham had saved up enough to buy the house on a contract for deed. Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021 The sale was confirmed by a deed filed with the city earlier this month, which was signed by an executive of the Facebook co-founder’s eponymous Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2022 People do need to see the relationship between the good deed, the caring for another human being, and the relationship to our politics. Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 June 2022 Of the 16 Hollywood films that have done the deed (including Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with $393 million-and-counting), four of them have come from the Dream Factory. Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 6 June 2022 By 1765, Hatcher had built a house on the land as required by Fairfax as a condition of the deed, or patent. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 As recently as 2014, my name appeared first on our house’s deed, probably due to a slightly higher credit rating than my spouse. Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2022
Verb
The units will be deed-restricted for low- and very low-income households, with some set aside for transitional aged youth and homeless veterans. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2022 After the city considered a condo development for the site, residents raised $1.35 million to purchase the land and deed it to the city for the park. Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 In the Windfall redevelopment agreement, the city would pay about $6.6 million in construction costs, which would not be needed until May 2023, as well as deed the 3.3-acre site to Windfall, a value of about $2 million. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022 The schedule is designed to ensure that the residences, particularly the ones that are deed restricted, are constructed in a timely fashion, Bibler said. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022 The process from scavenger sale to deed has been described by developers as complicated and lengthy, with a lot of rules and deadlines that cannot be missed if ownership is to be attained properly through the court. Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022 The first step would see the school district deed the land for the project to the city, Morgan explained. Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022 In the Windfall agreement, the city will pay about $6.6 million in construction costs, which would not be needed until May 2023, as well as deed the 3.3-acre site to Windfall, a value of about $2 million. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022 According to a 2020 treasurer’s report on the sale’s history, several years there were not many bidders and not enough properties or lots were going to deed. Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English dede, from Old English dǣd; akin to Old English dōn to do
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1