bona fide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite undertaken in good faith
    • a bona fide offer
  2. adjective satellite not counterfeit or copied
    veritable; authentic; unquestionable.
    • an authentic signature
    • a bona fide manuscript
    • an unquestionable antique
    • photographs taken in a veritable bull ring

WordNet

Bo"na fi"de
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Webster 1913