guaranty

n., pl., -ties.

1. An agreement by which one person assumes the responsibility of assuring payment or fulfillment of another's debts or obligations.
2. 1. Something given as security for the execution, completion, or existence of something else.
   2. The act of providing such security.
3. 1. A guarantee, as for a product or service: a new refrigerator still under guaranty.
   2. A guarantee to perform something in a specified way.
4. A guarantee serving to assure a particular outcome or condition.
5. A guarantor.

tr.v., -tied, -ty·ing, -ties.
To guarantee.

[Anglo-Norman guarantie, from Old French, from garant, guarant, warrant, of Germanic origin.]

1. Promise to be responsible for the Debt, Default, or miscarriage of another.

2. Warranty or promise to undertake an original obligation.

3. Something given as security for the performance or an act or the continued quality of a thing. See also Surety Bond.

Three-party agreement, involving a promise by one party (the guarantor) to fulfill the obligation of a person owing a debt if that person fails to perform. The guaranty (also spelled guarantee) is a Contingent Liability of the guarantor. See also Financial Guarantee.

An assurance provided by one party that another party will perform under a contract.
Example: Fred Garrison is an experienced developer. His daughter, Ruth, decides to branch out and start her own company. The construction lender requires a guaranty from Fred Garrison before granting Ruth Garrison a loan for her first project.

noun

1. Something given to guarantee the repayment of a loan or the fulfillment of an obligation: earnest², pawn¹, pledge, security, token, warrant. See transactions.
2. An assumption of responsibility, as one given by a manufacturer, for the quality, worth, or durability of a product: guarantee, surety, warrant, warranty. See obligation.
3. A declaration that one will or will not do a certain thing: assurance, covenant, engagement, guarantee, pledge, plight², promise, solemn word, vow, warrant, word, word of honor. See obligation.
4. One who assumes financial responsibility for another: backer, guarantor, sponsor, surety, underwriter. Informal angel. See law, support/oppose.

verb

To assume responsibility for the quality, worth, or durability of: certify, guarantee, warrant. See obligation.

n

A contract that some certain and designated thing shall be done exactly as it is agreed to be done.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

As a verb, to agree to be responsible for the payment of another's debt or the performance of another's duty, liability, or obligation if that person does not perform as he or she is legally obligated to do; to assume the responsibility of a guarantor; to warrant.

As a noun, an undertaking or promise that is collateral to the primary or principal obligation and that binds the guarantor to performance in the event of nonperformance by the principal obligor.

A guaranty is a contract that some particular thing shall be done exactly as it is agreed to be done, whether it is to be done by one person or another, and whether there be a prior or principal contractor or not.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - garanti, sikkerhed, kaution, kautionist
v. tr. - garantere, kautionere for

Nederlands (Dutch)
garantie, waarborg

Français (French)
n. - garantie
v. tr. - garantir, assurer, s'engager à faire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Garantie, Gewähr, Bürgschaft
v. - bürgen für, gewährleisten, sichern, schützen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εγγύηση

Italiano (Italian)
garanzia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - garantia (f)

Русский (Russian)
гарантийное обязательство, залог

Español (Spanish)
n. - garantía, aval, fianza
v. tr. - garantizar, avalar, afianzar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - garanti (jur.), borgensförbindelse, säkerhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
保证品, 抵押, 保证, 担保

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 保證品, 抵押
v. tr. - 保證, 擔保, 抵押

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보증, 보증물
v. tr. - 보증하다, 장담하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 保証, 保証契約, 担保
v. - 請け合う, 請け合って言う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضمانه, كفاله, رهن, الكفيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערבות, משכון, ביטחון‬
v. tr. - ‮נתן ערבות, שימש כעירבון, הבטיח מקוריות של פריט, וידא את ההתמדה ב-, נתן הבטחה, הבטיח בעלות על, הביא לבעלות של, הבטיח נגד סיכון‬

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