Guàr/an-tee’1, n.
(gār/an-tee’), n. (Law.) 1. 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; 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 the undertaking of another performed. Guarantor is the word more correctly used in this sense. 3. The person to whom a guaranty is made;—the correlative of guarantor.