Definitions for guarantee

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guarantee guar·an·tee

Spelling: [gar-uh n-tee]

IPA: /ˌgær ənˈti/

Guarantee is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in guarantee (aaeegnrtu).

Definitions for guarantee

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:
2. an assurance that another’s obligation will be fulfilled, or something presented as such security; guaranty (defs 1, 2).
3. something that assures a particular outcome or condition:
4. a person who gives a guarantee or guaranty; guarantor.
5. a person to whom a guarantee is made.

verb (used with object)

1. to secure, as by giving or taking security:
2. to make oneself answerable for (something) on behalf of someone else who is primarily responsible:
3. to undertake to ensure for another, as rights or possessions:
4. to serve as a warrant or guaranty for.
5. to undertake to protect or indemnify:
6. to undertake (to do something):
7. to promise (usually followed by a clause as object):

Origin of guarantee

First recorded in 1670-80; alteration of guaranty

Examples for guarantee

I can at least guarantee that the river shall not suffer from his visit.

However, this life is by no means in and of itself a guarantee of a life not worth living.

But inspiration and faith-based agenda in movies does not guarantee box office success.

After all, freeing hostages as goodwill gestures—without a guarantee of some benefit—is not the way the Kim family operates.

England had been shrewd enough to guarantee them their domains and revenues.

Yet race politics has limited appeal to whites, and ultimately may not guarantee keeping many minority voters in check.

Who will guarantee our independence when we are at the mercy of every state?

Betty fumbled with her sketching things as a sort of guarantee of good faith.

But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.

Its guarantee is the laws of the universe, and these are "the Hands of the Living God."