Meaning of "guarantee" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUARANTEE

Perhaps from Spanish garante or French garant, of Germanic origin; compare warrant.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GUARANTEE

guarantee  [ˌɡærənˈtiː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUARANTEE

Guarantee is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb guarantee in English.

WHAT DOES GUARANTEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Guarantee

Guarantee is a legal term more comprehensive and of higher import than either warranty or "security." It most commonly designates a private transaction by means of which one person, to obtain some trust, confidence or credit for another, engages to be answerable for him. It may also designate a treaty through which claims, rights or possessions are secured. The giver of a guarantee is called the surety or the "guarantor". The person to whom the guarantee is given is the creditor or the "obligee"; while the person whose payment or performance is secured thereby is termed "the obligor", "the principal debtor," or simply "the principal." Suretys have been classified as follows: ▪ Those in which there is an agreement to constitute, for a particular purpose, the relation of principal and surety, to which agreement the secured creditor is a party; ▪ those in which there is a similar agreement between the principal and surety only, to which the creditor is a stranger; ▪ those...

Definition of guarantee in the English dictionary

The first definition of guarantee in the dictionary is a formal assurance, esp in writing, that a product, service, etc, will meet certain standards or specifications. Other definition of guarantee is a promise, esp a collateral agreement, to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Guarantee is also a person, company, etc, to whom a guarantee is made.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GUARANTEE

PRESENT

Present

I guarantee

you guarantee

he/she/it guarantees

we guarantee

you guarantee

they guarantee

Present continuous

I am guaranteeing

you are guaranteeing

he/she/it is guaranteeing

we are guaranteeing

you are guaranteeing

they are guaranteeing

Present perfect

I have guaranteed

you have guaranteed

he/she/it has guaranteed

we have guaranteed

you have guaranteed

they have guaranteed

Present perfect continuous

I have been guaranteeing

you have been guaranteeing

he/she/it has been guaranteeing

we have been guaranteeing

you have been guaranteeing

they have been guaranteeing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I guaranteed

you guaranteed

he/she/it guaranteed

we guaranteed

you guaranteed

they guaranteed

Past continuous

I was guaranteeing

you were guaranteeing

he/she/it was guaranteeing

we were guaranteeing

you were guaranteeing

they were guaranteeing

Past perfect

I had guaranteed

you had guaranteed

he/she/it had guaranteed

we had guaranteed

you had guaranteed

they had guaranteed

Past perfect continuous

I had been guaranteeing

you had been guaranteeing

he/she/it had been guaranteeing

we had been guaranteeing

you had been guaranteeing

they had been guaranteeing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will guarantee

you will guarantee

he/she/it will guarantee

we will guarantee

you will guarantee

they will guarantee

Future continuous

I will be guaranteeing

you will be guaranteeing

he/she/it will be guaranteeing

we will be guaranteeing

you will be guaranteeing

they will be guaranteeing

Future perfect

I will have guaranteed

you will have guaranteed

he/she/it will have guaranteed

we will have guaranteed

you will have guaranteed

they will have guaranteed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been guaranteeing

you will have been guaranteeing

he/she/it will have been guaranteeing

we will have been guaranteeing

you will have been guaranteeing

they will have been guaranteeing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would guarantee

you would guarantee

he/she/it would guarantee

we would guarantee

you would guarantee

they would guarantee

Conditional continuous

I would be guaranteeing

you would be guaranteeing

he/she/it would be guaranteeing

we would be guaranteeing

you would be guaranteeing

they would be guaranteeing

Conditional perfect

I would have guarantee

you would have guarantee

he/she/it would have guarantee

we would have guarantee

you would have guarantee

they would have guarantee

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been guaranteeing

you would have been guaranteeing

he/she/it would have been guaranteeing

we would have been guaranteeing

you would have been guaranteeing

they would have been guaranteeing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you guarantee
we let´s guarantee
you guarantee

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to guarantee

Past participle

guaranteed

Present Participle

guaranteeing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GUARANTEE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «guarantee» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of guarantee

assurance · assure · bond · certainty · collateral · contract · covenant · earnest · ensure · guaranty · insure · pledge · promise · secure · security · surety · swear · undertake · undertaking · warrant · warranty · word · word of honour

TRANSLATION OF GUARANTEE

Find out the translation of guarantee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of guarantee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guarantee» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 担保
• Translator English - Spanish: garantía
• English: guarantee
• Translator English - Hindi: गारंटी
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَمان
• Translator English - Russian: гарантия
• Translator English - Portuguese: garantia
• Translator English - Bengali: জামিন
• Translator English - French: garantie
• Translator English - Malay: Jaminan
• Translator English - German: Garantie
• Translator English - Japanese: 保証
• Translator English - Korean: 보증
• Translator English - Javanese: Njamin
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự bảo đảm
• Translator English - Tamil: உத்தரவாதம்
• Translator English - Marathi: हमी
• Translator English - Turkish: garanti
• Translator English - Italian: garanzia
• Translator English - Polish: gwarancja
• Translator English - Ukrainian: гарантія
• Translator English - Romanian: garanție
• Translator English - Greek: εγγύηση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: waarborg
• Translator English - Swedish: garanti
• Translator English - Norwegian: garanti

10 QUOTES WITH «GUARANTEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word guarantee.

1

Stephen Amell

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

2

Sparky Anderson

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

3

Tim Bishop

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.

4

George Brett

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.

5

Anne Campbell

Love means to commit yourself without guarantee.

6

Raul Castro

Only the Communist Party, as the institution that brings together the revolutionary vanguard and will always guarantee the unity of Cubans, can be the worthy heir of the trust deposited by the people in their leader.

7

Nick Cave

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

8

Vint Cerf

The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in the post-box, they don't necessarily come out then in the same order that you put them in. So, that means that there's potentially disorder with your delivery, and that's also true in the Internet.

9

Wilt Chamberlain

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

10

Melanie Chisholm

The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl is no guarantee of anything, although I hope it'll benefit the sales.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUARANTEE»

Discover the use of guarantee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guarantee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Lifetime Guarantee

"With fresh language, sparkling contemporary illustrations, and accurate biblical content, Bill Gillham teaches the truth of self-worth and victory over the flesh in ways that will prove a God-send to many" (Dr.

Bill Gillham, Preston H. Gillham, 1993

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to ...

That’s what index investing is all about. And that’s what this book is all about. Praise for The Little Book of Common Sense Investing "A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the greatmajority of investors.

John C. Bogle, 2010

The Job Guarantee: Toward True Full Employment

This timely collection tackles the issue of the government job guarantee (JG) approach to full employment, taking previous research one step further by providing an in-depth look at practical application for both developed and developing ...

Michael J. Murray, Mathew Forstater, 2013

Award-winning Customer Service: 101 Ways to Guarantee Great ...

This book provides fast, proven advice for busy managers and business owners with little time to search for solutions.

Renee Evenson, 2007

No Guarantee of a Gun: How and Why the Second Amendment ...

The information in this book proves by means of credible and irrefutable documentary evidence that the Supreme Court's decision on June 26, 2008, in District of Columbia v.

John Massaro, 2009

I Can Guarantee the World Will Not End in 2012 ...or 2013, ...

The end of the world.

G. Laredo, 2012

Bank Guarantees in International Trade: The Law and Practice ...

A separate guarantee covering the warranty period is often called a maintenance (or warranty) guarantee, but such a guarantee serves the same purpose as a performance guarantee (see No. 3-4). In the event of multiple guarantees it is vital ...

Roeland I. V. F. Bertrams, 2004

The Law of Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees

The beneficiary sought to claim on the performance guarantee for pre- termination damages arising from the applicant's own breach. The applicant sough a court declaration that, due to the termination of the contract, it was entitled to the ...

Agasha Mugasha, 2003

Guarantee funds for small enterprises: a manual for ...

This document is the second edition of the ILO manual on credit guarantee funds. This manual guides donors, consultants and fund managers through all critical aspects of guarantee fund design and management.

Linda Deelen, International Labour Office, Klaas Molenaar, 2004

International Loans, Bonds, Guarantees, Legal Opinions

.a retention money bond whereby the guarantor gives a guarantee to an employer that any retention from the price which the employer is entitled to withhold until the work is completed but which is paid in advance to the contractor , will be ...

Philip R. Wood, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUARANTEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guarantee is used in the context of the following news items.

Energy saving company closes; man can't redeem money-back …

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – When you receive a guarantee on a product, there is usually “peace of mind,” but what if you can't get in touch with the ... «WATE 6 On Your Side, Jul 15»

Fitch Upgrades GFI's Unsecured Debt to 'BBB-' Following BGC …

The guarantee ranks pari passu with BGC's senior unsecured ... the guarantee is specifically applicable to the existing senior unsecured debt of ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

Masimo Renews its $1000000 Performance Guarantee that Masimo …

Under the guarantee, if Masimo SET is proven not to be superior to all Nellcor pulse oximeters, including the three that Covidien announced ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»

Her Story doesn't guarantee you'll solve its mysteries, nor should it

It's technology as a rationalist panacea, a guarantee that the world makes sense even in the face of the seeming senselessness of unsolved ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»

Nickel Asia backs P3 billion in loan guarantee

In a statement, Nickel Asia said its Board of Directors yesterday “approved to guarantee the loan facilities of... EPI for up to P3 billion over a ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»

Czechs not to guarantee loan to Greece - PM, finance minister

Prague - The Czech Republic refuses to guarantee a possible loan to Greece and it will not grant any direct loan to it, Prime Minister Bohuslav ... «Czech Happenings, Jul 15»

Chelsea's Begovic: No guarantee of playing

Chelsea's Begovic: No guarantee of playing. 11hKevin Palmer. 3 Related. + Begovic completes move to Chelsea · + Begovic deserves chance to prove himself ... «ESPN.co.uk, Jul 15»

The Limit to Beijing's Financial Guarantee

Last week's stock-market panic in China was never likely to trigger a financial crisis at home. The reason is not, as many argue, because the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

July 14, Forty Years Ago: No guarantee

She refused to give any guarantee that the general election would be held on schedule, in either February or March 1976. “There can't ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Norm of OSAGO bill on calculating guarantee fees to MTIBU funds at …

The establishment of unreasonable requirements regarding the calculation of basic insurers' contributions to the central insurance reserve ... «Interfax, Jul 15»