guaranty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡæɹənti/ (UK)
Etymology
From 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.
Meanings
- 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.
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Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
No doubt the city of New York and the State of California contain capital enough for the completion of the entire road,--would subscribe to it, too, upon sufficient guaranties.
1864, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864:
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An assurance or guarantee.
America has sent us guaranties She will demand that Maximilian Be held but as a prisoner of war.
1904, Olive Tilford Dargan, Semiramis and Other Plays:The concept of God and immortality is for him a guaranty of this eternal difference between right and wrong.
1945, René Wellek, “The Philosophical Basis of Masaryk’s Political Ideals” in Ethics LV, № 4 (July 1945), page 299, right column...He had contemplated the match as the fittest for the heir to England's throne, and one that offered the best guaranty for mutual happiness and a vigorous progeniture.
1886, James Parton, “King and Queen of Denmark”, in Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| guaranties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (18)
fi vakuus (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · fi tae (assurance or guarantee) · cmn 抵押品 (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · fi takaus (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · eo garantiaĵo (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · cmn 保證 /保证 (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · eo garantiaĵo (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · de Garantievertrag (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · eo garantio (assurance or guarantee) · fi vakuutus (assurance or guarantee) · cmn 保險 /保险 (assurance or guarantee) · cmn 擔保物 /担保物 (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · cmn 擔保品 /担保品 (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · cmn 擔保 /担保 (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · ru догово́р гара́нтии (undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.) · es garantía (something serving as a security for such an undertaking) · cmn 保證 /保证 (assurance or guarantee) · es garantía (assurance or guarantee)