What's the difference between guarantor and surety?

Guarantor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.
  • (n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For those who can't stump up more than 5% of the agreed price, he suggests guarantor mortgages, such as that offered by Lloyds TSB.
  • (2) The governor told business leaders in Edinburgh that Westminster would need to agree that the UK Treasury would help to bail out Scotland in any future financial crisis and act as a guarantor for Scotland's banks.
  • (3) And that’s just how Theresa May likes it | Martin Kettle Read more Russia was the guarantor of a 2013 deal under which Syria would remove all chemical weapons.
  • (4) They signed the contract over the loud protestations of Miura's sister-in-law, the guarantor.
  • (5) But the report didn't include mortgages where a parent acted as "guarantor".
  • (6) In Cairo, Obama touched on the broad issue of political change in a sclerotic Arab world whose rulers sold themselves as guarantors of stability and western interests.
  • (7) Remember, this was a time when women didn't have the right to equal pay, and couldn't get a mortgage without a male guarantor, and rape victims were at almost always to blame for having been raped.
  • (8) The downside, from the guarantor's point of view, is that he or she becomes liable for the mortgage if the borrower defaults on it.
  • (9) The need for more stringent gun controls is supported but their implications to the physician and especially the psychiatrist as a potential guarantor for a licence application ought to be further explored by the professional bodies involved.
  • (10) With the Co-operative bank, where it is possible to borrow 4.25 times a guarantor's gross income, you could potentially borrow £191,250.
  • (11) My father and stepmother have said that they could act as a guarantors for the mortgage.
  • (12) When the Syrian army attacks al-Nusra it is not as the suppressor of the popular movement, but the guarantor of the unity of Syria's diverse society.
  • (13) This is the difference between what a borrower could have afforded with a mortgage on his or her own earnings and what is actually being borrowed with a guarantor in place, plus 10%.
  • (14) Those are far more reliable guarantors of stability and security.
  • (15) Government as guarantor of rights may be more effective in health services than as provider of programs.
  • (16) Local public health departments traditionally have been supported as providers of preventive care and, in some jurisdictions, as guarantors of other essential services to vulnerable populations that usual providers do not reach.
  • (17) In unveiling the EU's " agenda for change " (pdf), Andris Piebalgs, the EU commissioner for development, said on Thursday that human rights and democracy were guarantors that economic development was sustainable.
  • (18) It was obvious that the main “guarantors” of the document were not the European diplomats, but their counterparts from across the ocean.
  • (19) Once the personal guarantor of national unity had been lynched by his compatriots, the Libyan people were left to their own devices in an appalling state of upheaval, with no roadmap to guide them.
  • (20) "Being a guarantor involves helping your child borrow a bit more by having your income in the background," says Hollingworth.

Surety


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
  • (n.) That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
  • (n.) Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act.
  • (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.
  • (n.) Hence, a substitute; a hostage.
  • (n.) Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
  • (v. t.) To act as surety for.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The radio talkshow host, whose syndicated show is the most listened-to talk-radio programme in the US, said Moore and others who provided surety for Assange's return to court on sex charges filed by Swedish prosecutors were "fans of serial rapists".
  • (2) The Australian journalist Phillip Knightley, said he had also offered £20,000 in surety for Assange, but he had no regrets about putting his money at stake.
  • (3) However, although the company's loans are not raised by using the property as surety, as mortgages are, the loans are attached to the property to which the improvements are made.
  • (4) He expressed a surety about how he saw the world and his place in it.
  • (5) Khan and other supporters of Assange, including film director Ken Loach and publisher Felix Dennis, posted bail totalling £200,000 to Westminster magistrates court, with a further £40,000 as promised sureties, to secure the WikiLeaks' founder's freedom when he first faced extradition proceedings in 2010 .
  • (6) None of the combinations or arrangements suggested surety.
  • (7) The federal government’s contribution towards hospitals and schools has to go up.” “The states require a return to surety on health and education.
  • (8) However before a ball was kicked in 92-93, the FAW requested that the club put up a bond as surety that their floodlights would be erected in time for the beginning of the League Cup competition.
  • (9) Two broad questions need to be asked: what is the government's role in facilitating application of contemporary nutrition knowledge to public health, and what standard of scientific surety should be the basis for its application?
  • (10) The unidentified defendant was allowed bail at Canterbury crown court in Kent on Friday but was not freed until Monday because it was not clear whether his bail surety had been paid.
  • (11) It emerged in the hearing that the DfT had demanded a greater surety from FirstGroup, pushing up the bond from £50m and settling on £200m, although at one point FirstGroup had offered £15m more.
  • (12) Several high-profile figures have supported Assange since his arrest in December 2010, including the film director Ken Loach and socialite and charity fundraiser Jemima Khan, who each offered £20,000 as surety.
  • (13) He immediately responded and asked if I would be prepared to come to court in the next hour to act as a surety for Assange.
  • (14) The decision by the district judge Howard Riddle to remand Assange into custody was made despite the film director Ken Loach, the journalist John Pilger, and the socialite Jemima Khan, offering sureties for him totalling £180,000.
  • (15) Failing reasonable surety of extirpation, permitting spontaneous healing, if feasible, is the best cours.
  • (16) "When looking into the eyes of those your government believe have veered from the path of democracy, British prime ministers and foreign secretaries alike will need to be able to speak with conviction and surety," their letter said.
  • (17) There were more reports on Monday nightof customers badly inconvenienced by the meltdown, including an unnamed man who was granted bail at Canterbury crown court, Kent, on Friday, but had to wait until Monday to be released because the bank computer problems prevented the court from confirming receipt of a surety demanded by the judge in the case.
  • (18) Restaurant designer Sarah Saunders also pledged £20,000 in surety.
  • (19) The bail conditions are that security of £200,000 is deposited with the court before Assange is freed, as well as two sureties of £20,000 each from two named people.
  • (20) Wednesday Trump began Wednesday with his unique combination of self-pity and self-importance, announcing in a speech to the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut : “No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.” But the Senate intelligence committee joined the House oversight committee in asking the acting FBI chief, Andrew McCabe, to hand over any notes or memos from Comey, and wrote to Comey asking him to appear in both open and closed sessions.

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