guarantee
Meanings
Noun
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
- More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
- The person to whom a guarantee is made.
- A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
Verb
- 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.
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Origin
- From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir, ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand, or from guaranty. guaranty, and warranty.
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