guarantee

English

Etymology

From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɛəɹənˈtiː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

guarantee (plural guarantees)

1. Anything that assures a certain outcome.

   Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match?

2. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
3. More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty

   The cooker comes with a five-year guarantee.

4. The person to whom a guarantee is made.
5. (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

     But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind

Synonyms

• warranty

Derived terms

• guarantee association
• interest rate guarantee

 

Translations

anything that assures a certain outcome

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Aklanon: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: garanci (sq) f
• Arabic: ضَمَان (ar) m (ḍamān), ضَمَانَة (ar) f (ḍamāna), كَفَالَة (ar) f (kafāla)

  Egyptian Arabic: ضمانة f (ḍamāna)

• Armenian: երաշխիք (hy) (erašxikʻ)
• Azerbaijani: zəmanət (az)
• Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: berme
• Bau Bidayuh: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: гара́нтыя f (harántyja)
• Bengali: জামিন (bn) (jamin), জামানত (bn) (jamanot)
• Bikol Central: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: gwarant m
• Bulgarian: гара́нция (bg) f (garáncija), поръчи́телство (bg) n (porǎčítelstvo)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: garantia (ca)
• Cebuano: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 保證／保证 (bou² zing³)

  Mandarin: 保證／保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng)

• Czech: záruka (cs) f, garance (cs) f
• Danish: garanti c
• Dutch: garantie (nl) f
• Esperanto: garantio
• Estonian: garantii, tagatis
• Faroese: tryggur
• Finnish: takuu (fi), lupaus (fi)
• French: garantie (fr) f
• Galician: garantía f
• German: Garantie (de) f
• Hebrew: עֲרֵבוּת f (arevut)
• Hindi: गारंटी (hi) f (gāraṇṭī)
• Hungarian: garancia (hu)
• Iban: jamin
• Icelandic: ábyrgð (is) f
• Indonesian: garansi (id)
• Italian: garanzia (it) f
• Japanese: 保証 (ja) (ほしょう, hoshō)
• Kazakh: кепілдік (kepıldık)
• Khmer: ការធានា (kaa thiəniə)
• Kimaragang: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 보증(保證) (ko) (bojeung)
• Kyrgyz: кепилдик (ky) (kepildik)
• Latvian: garantija f
• Lithuanian: garantija f
• Macedonian: гаранција f (garancija)
• Malay: jaminan
• Norman: garanti m
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: garanti (no) m

  Norwegian Nynorsk: garanti m

• Occitan: garantida (oc) f
• Oromo: wabii
• Pashto: ضمانت (ps) m (zamānat)
• Persian: ضمانت (fa) (zemânat), گارانتی (fa) (gârânti)
• Polish: gwarancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: garantia (pt) f
• Romanian: garanție (ro) f
• Russian: гара́нтия (ru) f (garántija), пору́ка (ru) f (porúka), поручи́тельство (ru) n (poručítelʹstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd f, urras m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ја̀мство n (Croatia), јѐмство n (Serbia, Bosnia), гара̀нција f

  Roman: jàmstvo (sh) n (Croatia), jèmstvo (sh) n (Serbia, Bosnia), garàncija (sh) f

• Slovak: záruka f
• Slovene: garancija f, jamstvo n
• Spanish: garantía (es) f
• Swedish: garanti (sv) c
• Tajik: кафолат (kafolat), замонат (zamonat)
• Thai: การรับประกัน (th) (gaan-ráp-bprà-gan)
• Turkish: garanti (tr), güvence (tr), teminat (tr)
• Turkmen: kepillik
• Ukrainian: гара́нтія (uk) f (harántija)
• Urdu: ضَمانَت f (zamānat)
• Uzbek: garantiya (uz), kafolat (uz), kafillik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự bảo đảm (vi)

written declaration

• Armenian: երաշխիք (hy) (erašxikʻ)
• Bulgarian: гара́нция (bg) f (garáncija)
• Czech: záruka (cs) f
• Danish: garanti
• Dutch: garantie (nl)
• Finnish: takuu (fi)
• Galician: garantía f
• German: Garantie (de) f
• Hungarian: garancia (hu), biztosíték (hu)
• Indonesian: garansi (id)
• Irish: ráthaíocht f, slánaíocht f, urra m
• Italian: garanzia (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: temînat (ku), garantî (ku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: garanti (no) m

• Polish: gwarancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: garantia (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd f, urras m
• Slovene: garancija f
• Spanish: garantía (es) f
• Swedish: garanti (sv) c
• Turkish: garanti (tr), güvence (tr)

person who gives such a guarantee

• Bulgarian: гара́нт (bg) m (garánt), поръчи́тел (bg) m (porǎčítel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保證人／保证人 (zh) (bǎozhèngrén)

• Czech: ručitel m
• Danish: garant c
• Finnish: takuunantaja, takaaja (fi)
• French: garant (fr)
• Galician: garante m or f
• German: Garant (de) m
• Hungarian: kezes (hu)
• Indonesian: penjamin (id)
• Irish: urra m
• Italian: garante (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: garantîker (ku), temînatker (ku), garantor (ku)

• Norwegian: garantist m
• Polish: gwarant (pl) m, poręczyciel (pl), gwarantka f
• Portuguese: garantidor m
• Romanian: garant (ro) m, chezaș (ro) m
• Russian: гара́нт (ru) m (garánt), поручи́тель (ru) m (poručítelʹ), поручи́тельница (ru) f (poručítelʹnica)
• Spanish: garante (es)
• Turkish: kefil (tr)

Verb

guarantee (third-person singular simple present guarantees, present participle guaranteeing, simple past and past participle guaranteed)

1. To give an assurance that something will be done right.
2. To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
3. To make something certain.

   The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.

Synonyms

• assure
• warrant

Translations

to give an assurance that something will be done right

• Arabic: ضَمِنَ (ḍamina)
• Armenian: երաշխավորել (hy) (erašxavorel)
• Basque: bermetu
• Belarusian: гарантава́ць impf or pf (harantavácʹ)
• Breton: gwaranti
• Bulgarian: гарантирам (bg) (garantiram)
• Catalan: garantir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保證／保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng)

• Czech: ručit, garantovat
• Danish: garantere
• Dutch: garanderen (nl)
• Esperanto: garantii
• Estonian: tagama
• Finnish: taata (fi), luvata (fi)
• French: garantir (fr)
• Galician: garantir
• German: garantieren (de), versichern (de)
• Hungarian: garantál (hu), biztosít (hu)
• Ingrian: taata
• Italian: garantire (it), assicurare (it)
• Khmer: រ៉ាប់រង (km) (rap rɔɔng), ធានា (km) (thiəniə)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: temîn kirin (ku), misoger kirin (ku), garantî kirin (ku)

• Lao: ຮັບຮອງ (hap hǭng)
• Latin: polliceor
• Malay: jamin
• Norwegian: garantere
• Polish: gwarantować (pl) impf, zagwarantować pf, zapewniać (pl) impf, zapewnić (pl) pf, zaręczać impf, zaręczyć pf
• Portuguese: garantir (pt)
• Romanian: garanta (ro)
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (ru) (garantírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich
• Serbo-Croatian: jamčiti (sh)
• Slovene: zagotoviti, zagotavljati
• Spanish: garantizar (es), garantir (es)
• Swedish: garantera (sv)
• Thai: รับรอง (th) (ráp-rɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: гарантува́ти impf or pf (harantuváty)
• Vietnamese: bảo lãnh (vi)

to assume responsibility for a debt

• Bulgarian: поръчителствам (porǎčitelstvam)
• Czech: ručit
• Danish: garantere, kautionere
• Finnish: taata (fi)
• Galician: garantir, asegurar (gl)
• Hungarian: kezeskedik (hu)
• Italian: garantire (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} temîn kirin (ku), ^{(please verify)} misoger kirin (ku), ^{(please verify)} garantî kirin (ku)

• Latin: satisdō
• Norwegian: kausjonere
• Polish: gwarantować (pl) impf, zagwarantować pf
• Portuguese: fiar (pt)
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (ru) impf or pf (garantírovatʹ)
• Spanish: garantizar (es), garantir (es), asegurar (es)

to make something certain

• Bulgarian: обезпечавам (bg) (obezpečavam)
• Czech: zajistit (cs), garantovat
• Danish: garantere, sikre
• Finnish: taata (fi), varmistaa (fi)
• Galician: garantir
• German: garantieren (de)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} temîn kirin (ku), ^{(please verify)} misoger kirin (ku), ^{(please verify)} garantî kirin (ku)

• Portuguese: garantir (pt)
• Russian: гаранти́ровать (ru) (garantírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich
• Slovene: zagotoviti, zagotavljati
• Spanish: garantizar (es), garantir (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} waarborgen (nl)

Related terms

• guaranty
• guarantor

References

• “guarantee”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “guarantee”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.