guaranty
Plural: guaranties
Noun
- a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
- 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.
- Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
- An assurance or guarantee.
Verb
Verb Forms: guarantied, guarantying, guaranties
- To assume responsibility for the performance or quality of something.
- Alternative form of guarantee.
Examples
- He couldn’t GUARANTY his obscure word wouldn’t be challenged by his opponent.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
guaranty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordguaranty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
guaranty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary