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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

  • (..) She's beautifuI. How come you-- Stay away from her. You hear? She's not for you. COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA So, this and my other factory, I can guarantee production... of kiIos refined every month of the year. The probIem is, I have no steady market. BasicaIIy, what I'm Iooking for is somebody in the States... who can share the risk with me, somebody who can guarantee... to buy from me, say, kiIos a month. That's a big commitment, Mr. Sosa. Something Iike that.... Too bad Frank's not here. (..)
    1983 Scarface