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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

  • (..) Oh, come on(!) What are the chances of that?! Wait until you get the ballistics report. The bullet in his brain wasn't fired from his gun, I guarantee it. If his door was locked from the inside, how did the killer get in? Good, you're finally asking the right questions. He's left trying to sort of (..)
    2010 TvShow: Sherlock Title: The Blind Banker Season: 1 Episode 2