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Webster 1913 Edition
Guarantee
Guarˊan-tee′
,Noun.
pl.
Guarantees
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. 1.
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
. His interest seemed to be a
guarantee
for his zeal. Macaulay.
2.
One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
South.
☞ Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.
A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.
Guar′an-teeˊ
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
guaranteed
; p, pr. & vb. n.
Guaranteeing
.] [From ]
Guarantee
, Noun.
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 in all events; 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 treatyThe United States shall
guarantee
to every State in this Union a republican form of government. Constitution of the U. S.
Webster 1828 Edition
Guarantee
GUARANTEE'
,Noun.
Definition 2024
guarantee
guarantee
English
Noun
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; a guaranty
- 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 5-year guarantee.
- The person to whom a guaranty is made.
- (colloquial) A person who gives such a guaranty; a guarantor.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
Translations
anything that assures a certain outcome
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written declaration
person who gives such a guarantee
Verb
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 responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
- To make something certain.
- The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.
Translations
to give an assurance that something will be done right
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to assume responsibility for a debt
to make something certain
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