guarantee

¹guar·an·tee

noun
\ˌger-ən-ˈtē, ˌgär-, ˌga-rən- also ˈger-ən-ˌ or ˈgär-ən-ˌ, ˈga-rən-ˌ\

Definition of GUARANTEE

1

: guarantor

2

: guaranty 1

3

: an assurance for the fulfillment of a condition: as a : an agreement by which one person undertakes to secure another in the possession or enjoyment of something b : an assurance of the quality of or of the length of use to be expected from a product offered for sale often with a promise of reimbursement

4

: guaranty 4

Examples of GUARANTEE

1. The washer comes with a guarantee against major defects.
2. They wanted a guarantee that the document was authentic.
3. They want the new contract to include a guarantee of job security.
4. The U.S. Constitution includes guarantees against unreasonable searches.
5. He cited the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.
6. And as key pieces of the infrastructure are knocked out, there is no guarantee that they will be repaired or rebuilt, at least not as they were before. —Naomi Klein, Harper's, October 2007
7. It might be no bad thing if the Constitution's guarantee of “equal protection of the laws” was interpreted to outlaw the vagaries of voting … —Michael Kinsley, New York Times Book Review, 5 Nov. 2006
8. Collecting can be a sort of love-sickness. If you begin collecting living things, … even if you manage to find them and then possess them, there is no guarantee they won't die or change. —Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 1995

Origin of GUARANTEE

probably alteration of ¹guaranty (see ¹guaranty)

First Known Use: 1680

Related to GUARANTEE

Synonyms: bond, contract, covenant, deal, guaranty, surety, warranty

Related Words: oath, pledge, troth, vow, word; accord, bargain, compact, concordat, convention, pact, treaty; assurance, insurance, seal; bail, deposit, pawn, security

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Other Economics Terms

actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

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