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deed noun [ diːd ]

• an action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
• "doing good deeds"
Similar: act, action, activity, feat, exploit, performance, achievement, accomplishment, attainment, endeavour, effort, undertaking, enterprise,
• a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially one regarding the ownership of property or legal rights.
• "mortgage deeds"
Similar: legal document, contract, legal agreement, indenture, instrument, title deed, deed of covenant,

deed verb

• convey or transfer (property or rights) by legal deed.
• "they deeded their property to their children"
Origin: Old English dēd, dǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch daad and German Tat, from an Indo-European root shared by do1.


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