assurance
Other forms: assurances
An assurance is a vote of confidence. If you give your friend an assurance that you'll be there, you'd better show up.
If you pledge to do something or make a binding commitment to do it, you can use the noun assurance. If the bank is going to loan you money to buy a house, they are going to need some sort of assurance that you will repay the loan in a timely manner. If you have confidence in yourself and your abilities, you can also use assurance to describe that — "The baseball team played with assurance, quickly racking up a seven point lead."
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a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something“an assurance of help when needed”synonyms: pledgetypes:guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warrantya written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specificationsguaranteean unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is truevowa solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain mannerdeposita payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be metstock warranta written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of timesafety neta guarantee of professional or financial securityfull faith and credita guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt; usually issued by the United States Treasurytype of:
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a statement intended to inspire confidence“the President's assurances were not respected”types:clean bill of healthan assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good conditiontype of:statementa message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities“his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”synonyms: authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, surenesstype of:certaintythe state of being sure about something
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a British term for some kinds of insurancetype of:insurancepromise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
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Vocabulary lists containing assurance
During the Great Depression, a ten-year-old boy hits the road in search of the father he has never known.
Tired of their constant bickering, Beatrice and Benedick's friends hatch a plan to get the two to fall in love. Learn these words from Shakespeare's comedy about fidelity and deception. Read the full text here.
These words are about contracts we enter into, either with others or ourselves, and all the determination it takes to keep one's promises. Here you'll find many synonyms for "trustworthy" and "upstanding" but also the dark side of such determination. It's not always easy to make a promise and keep it, but hopefully words like steadfast and stalwart have enough of a noble ring to them to make us all fight the good fight. Here are 15 words about promises and words that describe those who keep them, as well as some brief etymologies of the words.