guarantee

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛɹ.ənˈtiː/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɡæ.rən.ʈi/ Hyphenation: guar‧an‧tee Rhymes: -iː === Noun === guarantee (plural guarantees) Anything that assures a certain outcome. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation. (specifically) A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty. The person to whom a guarantee is made. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. ==== Synonyms ==== warranty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== assure warrant vouch ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === guaranty guarantor === References === “guarantee”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “guarantee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.