Guarantor

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Guarantor. A party that guarantees, endorses, or provides indemnity for some obligation on behalf of some other party

In some cases, the party acting as guarantor may also be a party to the contract, such as in the case of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. In such cases, the same individual would be modeled as having both roles.

See Also

  • Barron's Dictionary of Business and Economics Terms, Fifth Edition, 2012


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