guarantee

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
2. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
3. More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
4. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
5. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.

Verb

1. To give an assurance that something will be done right.
2. To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
3. To make something certain.

Concepts

guarantee

security

warrant

warranty

pledge

assure

ensure

guaranty

insure

secure

assurance

bail

promise

surety

undertake

safeguard

vouch

certify

vow

guarantor

insurance

bond

avouch

deposit

underwrite

oath

swearer

reassure

collateral

voucher

bailsman

bondsman

sponsor

gage

cover

protect

indemnity

be responsible for

certificate

warrantee

pawn

sponsion

answer for

warranter

make sure

endorse

plight

certainly

abide

abide by

accomplish

achieve

affirm

back

execute

exercise

fulfil

keep

meet

observe

perform

make certain

give one’s word

maintain

reservation

bond payment

security money

backing

endorsement

foundation

lining

proof

something lined

substantiation

support

contract

take over

take up

attest

testimonial

confirm

diploma

word

give a security

becoming a surety

become a surety for

avouchment

cinch

faith

provide

make provision

warrantor

be answerable

see to

bailer

hallmark

recognizance

sponsorship

sureship

reference

give security

borrow

bail out

liability

cocksureness

confidence

positiveness

reliableness

trustworthiness

document

stipulate

depend

indemnify

assert

asseverate

aver

convince

persuade

protest

sell

vouch for

posit

safeguards

guaranteeing

provision

supplying

take responsibility for

account for

circumstantiate

excuse

explain away

found

give reasons

ground

justify

legitimize

make out

motivate

substantiate

validate

dangers

surely

trust

undertaking

commitment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/

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.