guaranty
Americannoun
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guaranties
plural
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a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
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something that is taken or presented as security.
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the act of giving security.
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a person who acts as a guarantor.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a pledge of responsibility for fulfilling another person's obligations in case of that person's default
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a thing given or taken as security for a guaranty
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the act of providing security
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a person who acts as a guarantor
verb
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Etymology
Origin of guaranty
From the Anglo-French word guarantie, dating back to 1585–95. See warrant, -y 3
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Most policyholders finally recovered their money in 2025, through repayments from state guaranty associations following the North Carolina insurers’ liquidation, and in a distribution from the court-supervised sale of one of Lindberg’s companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The insurers are heavily regulated at the state level, and policyholders are protected by state guaranty funds up to a certain level that varies by state, but which is usually $300,000 or more.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
If the company went bankrupt, you’ll need to consult the guaranty association in the state where your mother lived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
The guaranty association imposed a $600 million assessment in 2022 that will cost $875 million to repay, with interest.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
But the loyalty of its inhabitants, the valor and discipline of the troops, and the measures taken by the government, are the surest guaranty that its destruction will follow immediately the news of its disembarkation.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a news conference on Monday that Kyiv is in talks with countries like Turkey and the U.K. about security guaranties for Ukrainian ships.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Zelenskyy said Ukraine is in talks with countries like Turkey and the U.K. about security guaranties for Ukrainian ships carrying much needed grain for export.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
Also, privately sponsored infrastructure projects that face challenges in raising capital and may not be eligible for a strictly limited tax credit could be incentivized by loan guaranties issued by a government-sponsored infrastructure bank.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2017
The Harrisburg Authority put guaranties on its swap payments.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2010
These guaranties are numerous, but they are briefly stated.
From The Short Constitution by William F. Russell
“We aren’t talking about things that are privileges, we are talking about constitutionally guarantied freedoms,” said Rhodes.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
"He should be very unwilling that such laws as exist in Rhode Island should be guarantied."
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
Before them for debate that day was proposed constitutional language: "That a republican constitution and its existing laws ought to be guarantied to each state by the United States."
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
The jaghires of his own house, of his mother and grandmother, were guarantied by us.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
No time, no circumstance, no human power or policy can change the nature of this truth, nor repeal the fundamental laws of society, by which every man’s right to liberty is guarantied.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper
State the effect of the different modes of guarantying notes.
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Andrew W. Young
He was seized, and forcibly carried away, while under guardianship of treaties guarantying the country in which he resided, and taking it under the protection of the United States.
Could we induce her to join us in guarantying its independence against all the world, except Spain, it would be nearly as valuable to us as if it were our own.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Since the time of his mission, the governments of France, England, Holland, and Russia have secured treaties guarantying important privileges.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
The Hague, Feb. 18th, 1783,514 Is requested to inquire if the United States will enter into a convention with Holland, guarantying freedom of navigation.—Considerations which authorise the American Ministers to accede to this demand.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Jared Sparks
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