A guarantee referring to 'the amount owed' by the principal debtor is not necessarily limited to existing indebtedness at the date of the guarantee; where the commercial context shows the guarantee was given as consideration for continued supply, it will be construed as covering indebtedness from time to time. The contra proferentem rule and strictissimi juris principle do not apply where the guarantee, construed in context, is unambiguous.
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