Meanings
nounguarantor (plural guarantors)
plural guarantors
- A person, company, or organization that provides a guarantee.
The party is the visible embodiment of class-consciousness, the sole guarantor of the correct political orientation of the proletariat and the sole exponent of its 'real' will.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 282Synonyms: guaranteer, surety, guarantee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, company, or organization that provides a guarantee.
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nounone who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐγγυητής
- ἐγγυητής (enguētḗs)person or company that provides a guarantee
Arabic كَافِل
- كَافِل (kāfil)person or company that provides a guarantee
Bengali জামিন
- জামিন (jamin)person or company that provides a guarantee
Bulgarian гара́нт, поръчи́тел
- гара́нт (garánt)person or company that provides a guarantee
- поръчи́тел (porăčítel)person or company that provides a guarantee
- поръчи́телка (porăčítelka)person or company that provides a guarantee
Catalan garant
- garantperson or company that provides a guarantee
Chinese Mandarin 擔保人 /担保人, 保證人 /保证人
- 擔保人 /担保人 (dānbǎorén)person or company that provides a guarantee
- 保證人 /保证人 (bǎozhèngrén)person or company that provides a guarantee
Czech ručitel
- ručitelperson or company that provides a guarantee
Danish garant, kautionist
- garantperson or company that provides a guarantee
- kautionistperson or company that provides a guarantee
Esperanto garantianto
- garantiantoperson or company that provides a guarantee
Finnish takaaja
- takaajaperson or company that provides a guarantee
German Garant, Garantiegeber
- Garantperson or company that provides a guarantee
- Garantiegeberperson or company that provides a guarantee
Hebrew עָרֵב
- עָרֵב (arév)person or company that provides a guarantee
Hindi प्रतिभू
- प्रतिभू (pratibhū)person or company that provides a guarantee
Hungarian kezes
- kezesperson or company that provides a guarantee
Irish urra
- urraperson or company that provides a guarantee
Japanese 保証人
- 保証人 (hoshōnin)person or company that provides a guarantee
Latin sponsor, nōtor
- sponsorperson or company that provides a guarantee
- nōtorperson or company that provides a guarantee
Malay penjamin
- penjaminperson or company that provides a guarantee
Norwegian Bokmål garantist
- garantistperson or company that provides a guarantee
Polish gwarant, gwarantka
- gwarantperson or company that provides a guarantee
- gwarantkaperson or company that provides a guarantee
Portuguese fiador, avalista
- fiadorperson or company that provides a guarantee
- avalistaperson or company that provides a guarantee
Romanian garant
- garantperson or company that provides a guarantee
Russian гара́нт, поручи́тель
- гара́нт (garánt)person or company that provides a guarantee
- поручи́тель (poručítelʹ)person or company that provides a guarantee
- поручи́тельница (poručítelʹnica)person or company that provides a guarantee
Spanish garante, fía
- garanteperson or company that provides a guarantee
- fíaperson or company that provides a guarantee
- seguradorperson or company that provides a guarantee
- fiadorperson or company that provides a guarantee
- avalistaperson or company that provides a guarantee
Swedish garant
- garantperson or company that provides a guarantee
Turkish kefil
- kefilperson or company that provides a guarantee
Ukrainian гара́нт
- гара́нт (haránt)person or company that provides a guarantee
Cite this entry
APA
guarantor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guarantor
MLA
“guarantor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guarantor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guarantor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guarantor.
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