certificate
A document containing a certified statement.
Other meanings
A document evidencing ownership or debt.
A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
Word history
From Middle French "certificat".
Where this comes from
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