guarantee, guaranty

guarantee, guaranty
A guarantee is a promise or assurance that something is of specified content or quality or that it will perform satisfactorily: "This percolator carries an unconditional five-year guarantee." Guarantee and guaranty are synonymous when used to mean a warrant, pledge, or assurance that someone else's obligation or debt will be fulfilled: "This bond will serve as a guaranty for his appearance in court." Guarantee can be used as both noun and verb; guaranty is primarily a noun and has limited use as a verb.

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  • guarantee — n Guarantee, guaranty, surety, security, bond, bail are comparable when they mean either something that is given or pledged as assurance of one s responsibility (as for the payment of a debt, the fulfillment of a promise or obligation, or the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • guaranty — guarantee, guaranty The two words have close meanings relating to the fulfilment of a legal obligation. Guarantee is used for the verb, and also for the noun when the obligation relates to the quality of a product or service, whereas guaranty is… …   Modern English usage

  • guarantee — guarantee, guaranty The two words have close meanings relating to the fulfilment of a legal obligation. Guarantee is used for the verb, and also for the noun when the obligation relates to the quality of a product or service, whereas guaranty is… …   Modern English usage

  • guaranty — See guarantee, guaranty …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • guarantee — See guarantee, guaranty …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • guarantee — gua·ran·tee /ˌgar ən tē, ˌgär / n [probably alteration of guaranty] 1: guarantor 2: guaranty (1) 3: an assurance that a condition will be fulfilled: as …   Law dictionary

  • guaranty — guar·an·ty / gar ən tē, gär / n pl ties [Old French garantie, from garantir to guarantee, from garant warrant] 1: a pledge to pay another s debt or to perform another s duty in case of the other s default or inadequate performance compare letter… …   Law dictionary

  • guarantee — [gar΄ən tē′, gar′ən tē΄] n. [altered < GUARANTY, after words ending in EE1] 1. GUARANTY (n. 1 & 3) 2. a pledge or assurance; specif., a) a pledge that something is as represented and will be replaced if it does not meet specification …   English World dictionary

  • Guarantee — Guar an*tee , n.; pl. {Guarantees}. [For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See {Guaranty}, and cf. {Warrantee}.] 1. In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guaranty — Guar an*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guarantied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guarantying}.] [From {Guaranty}, n.] In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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