guaranty

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: guar=an=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

guaranty, n. [OF. guarantie, garantie, F. garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant, to guaranty, E. garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a warranter, F. garant; of German origin, and from the same word as warranty. See Warrant, and cf. Warranty, Guarantee.].

 In law and common usage: 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 guarantee; a warranty; a security.  [1913 Webster]

guaranty, v. t. [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 debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.  [1913 Webster]
" Guaranty agrees in form with warranty. Both guaranty and guarantee are well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing spelling, at least for the verb, is guarantee."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

guaranty, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a written or other undertaking to answer for the payment of a debt or for the performance of an obligation by another person liable in the first instance.
2 a thing serving as security for a guaranty.

Etymology

AF guarantie, var. of warantie WARRANTY

THESAURUS

guaranty

assurance, assure, attest, back, bail, bailsman, bargain, be sponsor for, bond, bondsman, certify, confirm, contract, countersecure, endorse, ensure, godfather, godparent, guarantee, guarantor, indemnity, insurance, insure, insurer, mainpernor, mortgagor, secure, security, sign, sign for, sponsor, stand behind, stand up for, stocks and bonds, subscribe to, surety, tie, undersign, underwrite, underwriter, warrant, warrantor, warranty

ROGET THESAURUS

guaranty

Security

N security, guaranty, guarantee, gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration, real security, vadium, stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution, promissory note, bill, bill of exchange, I, O, U, personal security, covenant, specialty, parole, acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal, sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, bail, mainpernor, hostage, godchild, godfather, godmother, recognizance, deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet, record, probate, attested copy, receipt, acquittance, quittance, discharge, release, muniment, title deed, instrument, deed, deed poll, assurance, indenture, charter, charter poll, paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil, bonis avibus, gone where the woodbine twineth.