guarantee
Syllables: guar·an·teeUK/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː//ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/
guarantee noun: anything that assures a certain outcome.
Noun
guarantee (plural guarantees)
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?
- 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...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
- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
- A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.
- The cooker comes with a five-year guarantee.
- The person to whom a guarantee is made.
- A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
- But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
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 or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
- To make something certain.
- The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.
guarantee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
guarantee in Hindi
- anything that assures a certain outcome
- प्रतिभूति pratibhūti
- written declaration
- प्रतिभूति pratibhūti
- person who gives such a guarantee
- प्रतिभू pratibhū
guarantee in Tamil
- பொறுப்புறுதி, அச்சாரம், உத்தரவாதம், பிணை நிற்பவர், உறுதியளிப்பவர்
guarantee in Marathi
- guarantee
- हमी hamī
- to guarantee
- हमी देणे hamī deṇe
- guarantee, certainty
- शाश्वती śāśvatī
guarantee in Urdu
- anything that assures a certain outcome
- ضَمانَت zamānat, گارَنْٹی gāranṭī, کَفالَت kafālat
More languagesFewer languages
- guarantee in Bengali
- জামিন jamin, জামানত jamanot
- guarantee in Malayalam
- ഉറപ്പ്, ഉത്തരവാദി, ജാമ്യക്കാരൻ, ജാമ്യം
- guarantee in Kannada
- ಖಾತ್ರಿ, ಹೊಣೆಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಭರವಸೆ, ಜಾಮೀನು
- guarantee in Pashto
- ضمانت zamānat
- guarantee in Arabic
- ضَمَان ḍamān, ضَمَانَة ḍamāna, كَفَالَة kafāla, ضَمِنَ ḍamina
- guarantee in Malay
- jaminan, jamin
- guarantee in Indonesian
- garansi, penjamin
- guarantee in Thai
- การรับประกัน gaan-ráp-bprà-gan, รับรอง ráp-rɔɔng
- guarantee in Vietnamese
- sự bảo đảm, bảo lãnh
Examples of guarantee in a sentence
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.
- The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
Synonyms of guarantee
Forms of guarantee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | guarantees |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | guarantees |
| present participle | guaranteeing |
| past participle | guaranteed |
| past | guaranteed |
Origin of guarantee
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.
Words formed from guarantee
Phrases with guarantee
Words that rhyme with guarantee
Questions about guarantee
- What does guarantee mean?
- Guarantee means anything that assures a certain outcome.
- What is guarantee in Hindi?
- Guarantee in Hindi is प्रतिभूति (pratibhūti), प्रतिभू (pratibhū). See Guarantee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guarantee?
- Guarantee can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce guarantee?
- Guarantee is pronounced /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of guarantee?
- The plural of guarantee is guarantees.
Words near guarantee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guarantee (page history and authors); guarantee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शाश्वती (Marathi) (page history and authors); guarantee (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guarantee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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