🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

担保

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tanpo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gage/ɡeɪdʒ/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は約束の証として指針を担保に入れた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A valuable object deposited as a guarantee of the fulfillment of an undertaking or the performance of a promise.

    "He threw down his glove as a gage of battle to test his opponent's honor."
As verb
  1. 1

    To bind oneself by a pledge or wager; to stake or wager something of value.

    "She was willing to gage her reputation on the success of the new venture."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Northern French 'gage' (pledge, security), originating from Germanic roots related to 'wadium' (pledge). Historically used in the context of medieval challenges, such as throwing down a gauntlet, before evolving into modern technical and legal senses regarding measurement devices.

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