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
State guaranty associations protect policyholders when an insurer defaults or becomes insolvent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
Your state’s guaranty association protects your annuity up to certain limits if your insurer fails.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
The names of the attending physicians, Doctors Stone, Kennedy and Carpenter, are a sufficient guaranty for the respectability of this establishment.
From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by B. M. Norman
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
We are studying the guaranties of the Constitution so that we shall learn human rights—our rights—under the Constitution.
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
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
"He should be very unwilling that such laws as exist in Rhode Island should be guarantied."
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
The repentance of the Ninevites guarantied them against the last misfortune.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
The triple league guarantied the remaining provinces to Spain; and the emperor and other powers of Germany, whose interest seemed to be intimately concerned, were invited to enter into the same confederacy.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
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
Government helped it through, by guarantying its bills at six per cent.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
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.
But it is provided that the Commissioner shall not in any manner prevent others from examining and guarantying the originality of any invention for which a patent may be desired.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
But the kind of liability incurred, whether that of indorser, original promisor, or surety, by indorsing a note or guarantying payment, is not the same in all the states.
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
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