guarantee

Definition

  • noun: a usually written promise
  • noun: an assurance for the fulfillment of a condition
  • verb: to undertake to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of
  • verb: to make a usually written promise that whatever you are selling, doing, etc., is what you say it is
  • often used in negative constructions
  • synonyms: bible oath, agree, and candle

Examples

  • The software comes with a 'money-back guarantee'. [=a promise that the money you spend on a product will be returned if the product is not good enough]

  • We used our house as a 'guarantee' for the loan. [=we said that the bank could take our house if we did not pay back the loan]

  • There is no 'guarantee' that they will approve the contract. [=there is no way to be sure that they will approve it]

Movie quotes

  • (..) #We are hunting in the green room, is there problem? All ten points. Incredible. We decided to come early to see you. #Term and will be with you for a while. I guarantee that you did nothing wrong. Those Loves Secondary never work. All are are changing so fast, you know? The odds that two young remain on the same wavelength are ... - Yes, but ... - I also guarantee ... every day of your life you spend crying over a silly girl ... It is a waste of time. But it was not a silly girl. It is a serious person. (..)
    2014 Boyhood