Guarantee Meaning
/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAnything that assures a certain outcome.
nounA legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
Sentence Examples
Some companies guarantee their workers a job for life.
Should the word processor go wrong, we guarantee to replace it free of charge.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company can ____ that the product will last for five years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manufacturer offers a five-year ____ to ensure that the product will remain free from any defects.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"After his actions were challenged by foreign governments and Parliament initially tried to put a stop to his action, Denman returned home and argued his case with enough force that, by 1848, the Royal Navy was handed active permission and encouragement to raze every last slave factory they could find to the ground, and full authority to stop any ship, of any flag, that was thought to be a slaver, with a guarantee with^([sic]) no censure from the government."
— 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 9:45 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
"But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind"
— 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company can ____ that the product will last for five years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manufacturer offers a five-year ____ to ensure that the product will remain free from any defects.