GUARANTY

I. noun (plural -ties) see: warrant Date: 1592 an undertaking to answer for the payment of a debt or the performance of a duty of another in case of the other's default or miscarriage, guarantee 3, guarantor , something given as security ; pledge , the protection of a right afforded by legal provision (as in a constitution), II. transitive verb (-tied; -tying) Date: 1737 guarantee