guarantee
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
Noun 4 meanings
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
“Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?”
A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty.
“The cooker comes with a five-year guarantee.”
The person to whom a guarantee is made.
Verb 3 meanings
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.
“The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.”
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.
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GUARANTEE at a glance
GUARANTEE has 9 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + A 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + E 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,298 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with guarantee
All rhymes- COMMITTEE15
- TRUSTEE7
- SUBCOMMITTEE20
- ABSENTEE10
- DEVOTEE11
- APPOINTEE13
- MANATEE9
- AMPUTEE11
- GOATEE7
- GRANTEE8
- SETTEE6
- INDUCTEE11
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