letter of guarantee

letter of guarantee definition - business

letter of guarantee

A letter from a bank stating that a customer owns a particular security and that the bank will guarantee delivery of the security. A letter of guarantee is used by an investor who is writing call options when the underlying stock is not in his or her brokerage account.

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