guaranty

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• UK: /ˈɡæɹənti/
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• CMU ARPABET: G EH2 R AH0 N T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 擔保 /担保 (dānbǎo) — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 保證 /保证 (bǎozhèng) — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• Esperanto: garantiaĵo — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• Finnish: takaus — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• German: Garantievertrag — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• Russian: догово́р гара́нтии (dogovór garántii) — undertaking to answer for payment, performance of contract, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔保物 /担保物 — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵押品 (dǐyāpǐn) — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔保品 /担保品 — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Esperanto: garantiaĵo — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Finnish: vakuus — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Spanish: garantía — something serving as a security for such an undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 保證 /保证 (bǎozhèng) — assurance or guarantee
• Chinese Mandarin: 保險 /保险 (bǎoxiǎn) — assurance or guarantee
• Esperanto: garantio — assurance or guarantee
• Finnish: vakuutus — assurance or guarantee
• Finnish: tae — assurance or guarantee
• Spanish: garantía — assurance or guarantee