guarantee
pronunciation
How to pronounce guarantee in British English:
UK [ˌɡærənˈtiː]
How to pronounce guarantee in American English:
US [ˌɡærənˈtiː]
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- Noun:
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
- a pledge that something will happen or that something is true
- a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
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- Verb:
- give surety or assume responsibility
- make certain of
- promise to do or accomplish
- stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
Word Origin
- guarantee
- guarantee: [17] Guarantee is essentially the same word as warrant, which is of Germanic origin (Germanic initial w- became g(u)- in the Romance languages). It was probably borrowed into English from the Spanish form garante (this is suggested by early spellings garanté and garante in English), and later changed to guarantee through confusion with guaranty [16] (itself originally a variant of warranty).=> warrant
- guarantee (n.)
- 1670s, "person that gives security," altered (perhaps via Spanish garante or confusion with legalese ending -ee), from earlier garrant "warrant that the title to a property is true" (early 15c.), from Old French garant "defender, protector; warranty; pledge; justifying evidence," from Germanic (see warrant (n.)). For form evolution, see gu-. Sense of the "pledge" itself (which is properly a guaranty) developed 18c.
- guarantee (v.)
- 1791, "to be surety for," from guarantee (n.). Garanten in this sense is from early 15c. Related: Guaranteed; guaranteeing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. And good genes are no guarantee of success .
- 2. All the banks benefited from an implicit state guarantee .
- 3. Nor does the model guarantee stability .
- 4. What rights would they guarantee in law ?
- 5. The brilliance cars will come with a 36-month warranty and mobility guarantee .