Word Meanings - GUARANTEE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor. Syn. -- Guarantee, Warranty. 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
Additional info about word: GUARANTEE
The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor. Syn. -- Guarantee, Warranty. 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. (more info) influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf. 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. Note: Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GUARANTEE)
- Insure
- Provide
- stabilitate
- guarantee
- secure
- warrant
- Pledge
- Security
- hostage
- surety
- pawn
- earnest
- warranty
- protection
- safeguard
- deposit
- bond
- defence
- guard
- shelter
- safety
- certainty
- ease
- assurance
- carelessness
- confidence
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GUARANTEE)
Related words: (words related to GUARANTEE)
- CONFIDENCE
1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in - DEPOSITOR
One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository. - GUARDIAN
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., - GUARDIANSHIP
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch. - DEFENCE
See DEFENSE - SAFETY BICYCLE
A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - GUARDIANESS
A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl. - SHELTERLESS
Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe. - GUARDIANLESS
Without a guardian. Marston. - GUARDER
One who guards. - REDEEM
Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem - GUARDANT
See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak. - PLEDGERY
A pledging; suretyship. - PLEDGE
The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; - GUARDS
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards." - PROVIDENCE
A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in - EXPOSEDNESS
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. - HOSTAGE
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before - DEPOSITARY
One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent. (more info) 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, - UNWARRANTABLE
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. - INTERPLEDGE
To pledge mutually. - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - UNREDEEMED
Not redeemed. - SAFE-PLEDGE
A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. Bracton. - UNSURETY
Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. Sir T. More.