- a formal promise that you will do something or that something will happen synonym assurance
- They are demanding certain guarantees before they sign the treaty.
- guarantee of something to give a guarantee of good behaviour
- guarantee (that…) He gave me a guarantee that it would never happen again.
Extra Examples- The country gives a constitutional guarantee of the rights of minorities.
- The demonstrators were demanding guarantees for fair elections.
- There was no guarantee against misuse of the king's power.
- We didn't get any firm guarantee of a loan.
- He received a guarantee that the documents would not be published.
- The union wants cast-iron guarantees that there will be no job losses.
- They insisted on having a written guarantee of good conduct from her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- firm
- cast-iron
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer (somebody)
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- guarantee against
- guarantee for
- guarantee of
- …
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- a written promise given by a company that something you buy will be replaced or repaired without payment if it goes wrong within a particular period synonym warranty
- The television comes with a year's guarantee.
- guarantee against something We provide a 5-year guarantee against rust.
- under guarantee The watch is still under guarantee.
Extra Examples- The car is still under guarantee, so you should be able to get it repaired free of charge.
- The garage gives a year's guarantee for all repair work.
- The window frames carry a 20-year guarantee against rot or decay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- lifetime
- three-year
- …
- carry
- come with
- have
- …
- under guarantee
- guarantee against
- guarantee for
- …
- (used especially in negative sentences) something that makes something else certain to happen
- guarantee of something Career success is no guarantee of happiness.
- guarantee of doing something Arriving early is no guarantee of getting a place.
- guarantee (that…) There's no guarantee that she'll come (= she may not come).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- firm
- cast-iron
- …
- give (somebody)
- offer (somebody)
- provide (somebody with)
- …
- guarantee against
- guarantee for
- guarantee of
- …
- money or something valuable that you give or promise to a bank, for example, to make sure that you will do what you have promised
- We had to offer our house as a guarantee when getting the loan.
- a written promise to pay back money that somebody else owes, or do something that somebody else promised to do, if they cannot do it themselves
- A close relative, usually a parent, can provide a guarantee for the loan.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘guarantor’): perhaps from Spanish garante, corresponding to French garant, later influenced by French garantie ‘guaranty’.
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