GUARANTEED

Verb

guaranteed

simple past tense and past participle of guarantee

Adjective

guaranteed (not comparable)

Made certain; promised.

Source: Wiktionary


GUARANTEE

Guar`an*tee", n.; pl. Guarantees. Etym: [For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantee.]

1. In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty. His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal. Macaulay.

2. One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor. South.

Note: Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.

3. (Law)

Definition: The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.

Syn.

– Guarantee, Warranty. A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.

Guar"an*tee`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guaranteed; p, pr. & vb. n. Guaranteeing.] Etym: [From Guarantee, n.]

Definition: In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government. Constitution of the U. S.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

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