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Webster 1913 Edition
Guarantee
Guarˊan-tee′
,Noun.
pl.
Guarantees
(#)
. 1.
In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as
Guaranty
. His interest seemed to be a
guarantee
for his zeal. Macaulay.
2.
One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
South.
☞ Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.
Guar′an-teeˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
guaranteed
; p, pr. & vb. n.
Guaranteeing
.] [From ]
Guarantee
, Noun.
In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant;
as, to
. guarantee
the execution of a treatyThe United States shall
guarantee
to every State in this Union a republican form of government. Constitution of the U. S.
Webster 1828 Edition
Guarantee
GUARANTEE'
,Noun.