guarantee
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛɹənˈtiː/ (Mary-marry-merry merger)
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: guar‧an‧tee
Noun
[edit]guarantee (plural guarantees)
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?
- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
- More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
- The cooker comes with a five-year guarantee.
- The person to whom a guarantee is made.
- (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]anything that assures a certain outcome
|
written declaration
|
person who gives such a guarantee
|
Verb
[edit]guarantee (third-person singular simple present guarantees, present participle guaranteeing, simple past and past participle guaranteed)
- To give an assurance that something will be done right.
- To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
- To make something certain.
- The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to give an assurance that something will be done right
|
to assume responsibility for a debt
|
to make something certain
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “guarantee”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “guarantee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iː
- Rhymes:English/iː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/iː/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English colloquialisms
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English raising verbs
- en:Directives
- en:Insurance