I. |garən.|tē also ÷|gär- or |ger- or ÷|gȧr- noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by such words as assignee, lessee ) of guaranty (I)
1. : one who makes a guaranty : one who acts as a surety or gives security (as for a debt)
2. : the act of one who makes a guaranty or acts as a surety : guaranty 1
3.
a. : an agreement by which one person undertakes to secure another in the possession or enjoyment of something
b. : an expressed or implied assurance of the quality of goods offered for sale or the length of satisfactory use to be expected from a product
c. : an expressed assurance of satisfaction with a definite promise of purchase money to be returned or goods to be replaced or other specified assurance
4. : something given by way of security : something made or held as a security : guaranty 3
II. transitive verb
( guaranteed ; guaranteed ; guaranteeing ; guarantees )
1. : to be a guarantee, warranty, or surety for : undertake to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of (another) : become responsible for the fulfillment of (the agreement of another) : assume a suretyship for
2. : to engage for the existence, permanence, or nature of (something) : undertake to do or secure (something)
guarantee the winning of three tricks in a suit by losing the first trick
3. : to give a guaranty to (another) : give or furnish security to : secure
4. : to state or declare with conviction or an air of certainty
he guaranteed that I had had appendicitis several times without knowing it — Arnold Bennett