guarantee

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English

Etymology

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɛɹənˈtiː/ (Mary-marry-merry merger)
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: guar‧an‧tee

Noun

guarantee (plural guarantees)

1. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
2. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
3. (specifically) A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.

4. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
5. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.

Synonyms

• warranty

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

guarantee (third-person singular simple present guarantees, present participle guaranteeing, simple past and past participle guaranteed)

1. To give an assurance that something will be done right.
2. To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
3. To make something certain.

Synonyms

• assure
• warrant

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• guaranty
• guarantor

References

• “guarantee”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “guarantee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.