suretyship, responsibility.

gen. The action of warranting, guaranteeing, or giving assurance; the state or fact of being guaranteed. to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise; on…

= acquittance, n. (in various senses).

The action of pledge, v. (in various senses).

The action or an act of securing, warranting, or guaranteeing; security, warranty; spec. a written undertaking made by a person (called the guarantor)…

The action of oppignorate, v. Also: an instance of this.

The securing of, or limiting the possible loss on, a debt, bet, or the like: see hedge, v. 7 8.

A giving security for the performance of an undertaking. (Cf. stipulate, v. 5b)

= guaranteeship n. at guarantee, n. derivatives.

spec. Betting. The act of hedging; a means of hedging. Also Commercial, Financial, and transferred (cf. hedge, v. 8c).

The act of guaranteeing or giving a security; = guaranty, n. 1.