Take the 2-minute tour ×  As I am reading books and articles, I
come across this bona fide. How do you pronounce this? How do
you use it properly?  I know the definition is in good faith,
like if you are welcomed to someone's house, the guests are in
good faith welcome around the house and not expected to steal
anything, or when you test drive a car, it's in good faith you
won't run off with it.  share|improve this question @Robusto
thanks for the formatting –  nikeunltd Feb 2 '12 at 13:44 add
comment  3 Answers  up vote 3 down vote accepted  This is an
expression whose meaning, I feel, might best by explained by
illustration. We cannot say that it means 'in good faith' and
then insert it into a sentence. It is an adjective that, in my
eyes and experience, goes a bit further than saying 'in good
faith'.  If I were to read, 'a bona fide complaint', I would
personally take that to mean, 'a bona fide complaint as opposed
to a dodgy/shifty/fraudulent/etc. one'.  So if we are talking
about a bona fide purchaser, w