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–n.1. a promise or pledge to pay or do something if another fails to do it; pledge to replace goods or return the price paid if they are not as represented; backing: »
We have a one-year guarantee on our new car. Bernard Docker and his repudiation of guarantees which he had signed (London Times).
SYNONYM(S): warrant, security, surety.2. something given or taken as security; guaranty.3. a person who gives a guarantee; guarantor.4. a person to whom a guarantee is given.5. something having the force or effect of a guaranty: »Wealth and a multitude of possessions are no guarantee of happiness.
–v.t.1. to stand back off; give a guarantee for; assure genuineness or permanence of; answer for fulfillment of (a contract or other agreement): »This company guarantees its clocks for a year. The father guaranteed his son's future behavior.
2. to undertake to secure for another: »The landlord will guarantee us possession of the house by May.
3. to make secure (against or from); protect: »His insurance guaranteed him against money loss in case of fire.
4. to pledge (to do something): »I will guarantee to prove every statement I made.
5. to promise that (something) has been or will be: »Wealth does not guarantee happiness. The advance payment of money guarantees the good faith of the purchaser.
╂[probably variant of guaranty]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
