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[gar-uhn-tee] Example Sentences Origin

guar·an·tee

[gar-uhn-tee] noun, verb, -teed, -tee·ing.
noun
1.
a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
2.
guaranty (defs. 1, 2).
3.
something that assures a particular outcome or condition: Wealth is no guarantee of happiness.
4.
a person who gives a guarantee or guaranty; guarantor.
5.
a person to whom a guarantee is made.
verb (used with object)
6.
to secure, as by giving or taking security.
7.
to make oneself answerable for (something) on behalf of someone else who is primarily responsible: to guarantee the fulfillment of a contract.
8.
to undertake to ensure for another, as rights or possessions.
9.
to serve as a warrant or guaranty for.
10.
to engage to protect or indemnify: to guarantee a person against loss.
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11.
to engage (to do something).
12.
to promise (usually followed by a clause as object): I guarantee that I'll be there.
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Origin:
1670–80; alteration of guaranty

non·guar·an·tee, noun
pre·guar·an·tee, noun, verb (used with object), -teed, -tee·ing.
qua·si-guar·an·teed, adjective
re·guar·an·tee, noun, verb (used with object), -teed, -tee·ing.
su·per·guar·an·tee, noun, verb, -teed, -tee·ing.
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un·guar·an·teed, adjective
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guarantee, guaranty, warrantee, warranty.
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Example Sentences
  • Freedoms are only guaranteed on campus-and the guarantee is not credible.
  • But it is an illusion that taxpayers can avoid pain in a guaranteed system.
  • Proper camera operation cannot be guaranteed when using other cards.
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Word Origin & History

guarantee
1679, perhaps via Sp. garante, from O.Fr. guarantie, pp. of fem. guarantir "to protect," from guarant "warrant," from Frank. *warjand-s, from P.Gmc. *war-, from PIE base *wer- "to cover" (see warrant). For form evolution, see gu-. Originally "person
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giving something as security," sense of the "pledge" itself (which is properly a guarranty) first recorded 1786. The verb is attested from 1791.
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