Guarantee
[gær(ə)n'tiː] or [,ɡærən'ti]
Definition
(noun.) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications.
(noun.) an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; 'there is no guarantee that they are not lying'.
(noun.) a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.
(verb.) give surety or assume responsibility; 'I vouch for the quality of my products'.
(verb.) make certain of; 'This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us'; 'Preparation will guarantee success!'.
(verb.) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; 'The dealer warrants all the cars he sells'; 'I warrant this information'.
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Definition
(n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.
(n.) One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
(n.) The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.
(n.) In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Surety, security, caution, guaranty.
v. a. (Law.) Warrant, insure, guaranty, become surety for, be responsible for, answer for.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Insure, answer_for, pledge,[See WARRANT]
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Definition
n. a warrant or surety: a contract to see performed what another has undertaken: the person who makes such a contract one responsible for the performance of some action the truth of some statement &c.—v.t. to undertake that another shall perform certain engagements: to make sure:—pr.p. guarantee′ing; pa.p. guaranteed′.—n. Guar′antor one who makes a guaranty.—Guarantee associations joint-stock companies on the insurance principle which become security for the integrity of cashiers &c.
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Examples
- I can at least guarantee that the river shall not suffer from his visit. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Ah, my dear Miss Bart, I am not divine Providence, to guarantee your enjoying the things you are trying to get! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This guarantee, with a chance to obtain the money back if the purchase was unsatisfactory, was a new idea, and appealed to every one as a most sincere and honorable way of doing business. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That the latter does not guarantee conduct, that it does not profoundly affect character, goes without saying. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Then they were stamped to indicate their fineness and guarantee their purity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I can guarantee that there is no secrecy in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yet just because a man is in opposition to Senator Lodge there is no guarantee that he has freed himself from the routineer's habit of mind. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I worked on this cable more than two weeks, and the best I could do was two words per minute, which was only one-seventh of what the guaranteed speed of the cable should be when laid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These are sold under a guaranteed analysis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Certainty cannot be guaranteed in advance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But if he has this native equipment, its possession in no way guarantees that he will ever talk any language or what language he will talk. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I have not given guarantees enough. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wherever names are written, there you will usually find the addressograph in use, saving time and money, guaranteeing 100 per cent accuracy and insuring maximum efficiency. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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