guaranteeing

Variant of guarantee

guarantee definition

guar·an·tee (gar′ən tē′, gar′ən tē′)

noun

  1. guaranty ( & )
  2. a pledge or assurance; specif.,
    1. a pledge that something is as represented and will be replaced if it does not meet specifications
    2. a positive assurance that something will be done in the manner specified
  3. a guarantor
  4. a person who receives a guaranty
  5. a sign or portent the clouds were a guarantee of rain

Etymology: altered < guaranty, after words ending in -ee

transitive verb guaranteed -·teed′, guaranteeing -·tee′·ing

  1. to give a guarantee or guaranty for to guarantee a product
  2. to state with confidence; promise to guarantee that a thing will be done

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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