overguarantee

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verb

To guarantee excessively.

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Meanings

verboverguarantee (third-person singular simple present overguarantees, present participle overguaranteeing, simple past and past participle overguaranteed)

present singular third person overguarantees · participle present overguaranteeing · participle past overguaranteed · past overguaranteed

  1. To guarantee excessively.

    This precautionary practice may result in a grave situation of overguaranteeing. Suretyship contracts or equivalent personal guarantees and real security are naturally frequent in banking practice.

    2009, Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell, Introduction to Spanish Private Law, page 207

Origin

From over- + guarantee.

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Chicago

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