担保

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 担保, read たんぽ, means collateral: property offered to secure a debt or contractual obligation.
• Basic usage: It may appear in a classroom contract example or in a novel where a merchant refuses to pledge a warehouse.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Property securing an obligation
  • This is property offered as security for an obligation, as in a sample contract or proposal to use a warehouse as collateral. It is unrelated to the warehouse's ordinary storage function.