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Guaranteed Account

1. A margin account at a brokerage where the maintenance requirement is secured by the assets or the excess margin on another account. This reduces the risk to both the brokerage and the account holder.

2. See: Insured Account.

guaranteed account

A brokerage account that has its margin requirements or losses guaranteed by the assets of another account.
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