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| guar·an·ty [ gàrrəntee ] |
noun (plural guar·an·ties) |
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1. security: something used as security for a formal promise
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2. pledging: the giving of something as security for a promise
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3. law Same as guarantor
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4. Same as guaranteen (sense 3)
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transitive verb (past and past participle guar·an·tied, present participle guar·an·ty·ing, 3rd person present singular guar·an·ties) |
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law Same as guaranteev (sense 3)
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| [Early 16th century. < Anglo-Norman guarantie< Old French garantir "to warrant" < garant "warrant"] |
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