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Definition of Guarantee

1. Noun. A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications.

2. Verb. Give surety or assume responsibility. "I vouch for the quality of my products"

3. Noun. An unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true. "There is no guarantee that they are not lying"

4. Verb. Make certain of. "Preparation will guarantee success!"

5. Noun. A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.

6. Verb. Promise to do or accomplish. "They guarantee them the money"; "Guarantee to free the prisoners"

7. Verb. Stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of. "I warrant this information"

Definition of Guarantee

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. 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 at 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 treaty.

Definition of Guarantee

1. Noun. Anything that assures a certain outcome. ¹

2. Noun. A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly. ¹

3. Noun. A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. ¹

4. Verb. To assure that something will get done right. ¹

5. Verb. To assume responsibility for a debt. ¹

6. Verb. To make something certain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guarantee

1. [v -TEED, -TEEING, -TEES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guarantee

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guarana guaranas guaranies guaranine guaranis guarantee (current term) guaranteeable guaranteed guaranteed arrival guaranteed equity bond

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Literary usage of Guarantee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"Treaties of guarantee are conventions by objects of which one of the parties engages ... In the latter case, the single guarantors may give their guarantee ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If under seal, a guarantee requires sometimes an ad valorem stamp and some- limes a ... The liability incurred by a surety under his guarantee depends ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, spite. guarantee, vt undertake, maure or ensure, assure, ... I. Of the act: guarantee, undertaking, warranty; spec, security, insurance, ..."

4. Elements of International Law: With a Sketch of the History of the Science by Henry Wheaton (1836)
"The guarantee may also be contained in a distinct and separate convention, ... It then becomes an accessary obligation.11 The guarantee may be stipulated by ..."

5. Canada Year Book by Statistics Canada (1908)
"Business in Canada of guarantee, accident, plate glass, ... 1 Number of policies new and renewed and in force of the guarantee Co. of NA not included. a ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"The acceptor's right to the benefit of a guarantee given to him is not transferred to a holder of the bill (r), unless the guarantee be given for the ..."

7. A Treatise on International Law by William Edward Hall, Alexander Pearce Higgins (1917)
"PART II treaty of guarantee. Treaties of guarantee are agreements CHAP, x through which powers engage, either by an independent treaty to maintain a given ..."

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