overguarantee

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ guarantee.

Verb

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

1. To guarantee excessively.
   • 2009, Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell, Introduction to Spanish Private Law, page 207:

     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.