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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : gar-uh n-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌgær ənˈti



Definition of guarantee

Origin :
  • 1670s, alterted (perhaps via Spanish garante), from earlier garrant "warrant that the title to a property is true," early 15c., from Old French garant "defender, protector," from Germanic (see warrant (n.)). For form evolution, see gu-. Originally "person giving something as security;" sense of the "pledge" itself (which is properly a guaranty) developed 17c.
  • noun pledge, promise
  • verb pledge, promise
Example sentences :
  • England had been shrewd enough to guarantee them their domains and revenues.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • I can at least guarantee that the river shall not suffer from his visit.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Betty fumbled with her sketching things as a sort of guarantee of good faith.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Who will guarantee our independence when we are at the mercy of every state?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Its guarantee is the laws of the universe, and these are "the Hands of the Living God."
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • Did kind Fates design it as a guarantee of peace and stability?
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • With such a guarantee from a man in such favour at Court, who could doubt?
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • Experts had to decide, whether the quality tendered was up to the guarantee.
  • Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
  • More and more do I refuse to draw my income and sneer at those who guarantee it.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • But his man shall drive you over and I'll guarantee you beat the train.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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