guarantee
Other forms: guaranteed; guarantees; guaranteeing
To guarantee is to promise or to a make binding agreement. If a baseball player guarantees his team will win the World Series, he better not lead the league in strikeouts.
Guarantee is a word that is both a noun and a verb: the noun means "a binding agreement" and the verb is the act of making that agreement. This word seems to have come from garante, the Spanish word for "protect" and it's related to the Old French word warrant, which means "to authorize." Today, we often come across guarantee in advertisements, and you might wonder how they might guarantee to make your social life better if your teeth are whiter!
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an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true“there is no guarantee that they are not lying”
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safety net
a guarantee of professional or financial security
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full faith and credit
a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt; usually issued by the United States Treasury
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safety net
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a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
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guaranty
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collateral
a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
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collateral
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a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
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security, surety
a guarantee that an obligation will be met
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deposit
a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
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stock warrant
a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time
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security, surety
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give surety or assume responsibility
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synonyms:
vouch
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bail
secure the release of (someone) by providing security
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stipulate
give a guarantee or promise of
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secure
assure payment of
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certify
guarantee payment on; of checks
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promise to do or accomplish“guarantee to free the prisoners”
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synonyms:
undertake
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subvent, subvention, underwrite
guarantee financial support of
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subvent, subvention, underwrite
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stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
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synonyms:
warrant
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cover, insure, underwrite
protect by insurance
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certify, endorse, indorse
guarantee as meeting a certain standard
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reinsure
insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk
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indemnify
secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
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make certain of
/ˌˈgɛrənˌˈti/
/gærənˈti/
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