guaranty
An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some…An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
» Now that I got guaranties, I am no longer afraid.
Meaning
3 sensesAn undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
Garantievertrag
догово́р гара́нтииdogovór garántii
a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
An assurance or guarantee.
Examples
1 sentencesNow that I got guaranties, I am no longer afraid.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old FreFrom Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old French garantir, guarantir (“to warrant, vouch for something”), from Old French garant, guarant, warant (“a warrant; warranter, supporter, defender, protector”), from Frankish *warand, *warjand (“a warrant”), from Frankish *warjan (“to fend for, designate something as true, vouch for”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Middle Low German warent, warend (“a warrant”), German gewähren (“to grant”). More at warrant. Doublet of guarantee and warranty.
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Forms
plural: guaranties| Singular | guaranty |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults:guarantee