单词 | guarantee |
释义 | guarantee (once / 277 pages) nv To guarantee is to promise or to a make binding agreement. If a baseball player guarantees his team will win the World Series, he better not lead the league in strikeouts. Guarantee is a word that is both a noun and a verb: the noun means "a binding agreement" and the verb is the act of making that agreement. This word seems to have come from garante, the Spanish word for "protect" and it's related to the Old French word warrant, which means "to authorize." Today, we often come across guarantee in advertisements, and you might wonder how they might guarantee to make your social life better if your teeth are whiter! WORD FAMILYguarantee: guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees USAGE EXAMPLESSome proponents see guaranteed incomes as a way to prepare for an economy that produces fewer jobs. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Here’s what we guarantee will happen in 2017, unless something else happens instead: New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Next season’s portion of the contract is guaranteed if Taylor is unable to pass his physical. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true there is no guarantee that they are not lying Hypo|Hyper safety net a guarantee of professional or financial security full faith and credita guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt; usually issued by the United States Treasury assurance, pledge a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something 2n a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults Syn|Hyper guaranty collateral a security pledged for the repayment of a loan 3n a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications Syn|Hypo|Hyper warrant, warrantee, warranty security, surety a guarantee that an obligation will be met deposita payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met stock warranta written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time assurance, pledge a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something 4v give surety or assume responsibility Syn|Hypo|Hyper vouch assure, ensure, insure, secure make certain of bail secure the release of (someone) by providing security stipulategive a guarantee or promise of secureassure payment of certifyguarantee payment on; of checks pledge, plight promise solemnly and formally 5v promise to do or accomplish guarantee to free the prisoners Syn|Hypo|Hyper undertake subvent, subvention, underwrite guarantee financial support of assure, promise make a promise or commitment 6v stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of Syn|Hypo|Hyper warrant cover, insure, underwrite protect by insurance certify, endorse, indorseguarantee as meeting a certain standard reinsureinsure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk indemnifysecure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support be behind; approve of 7v make certain of Preparation will guarantee success! Syn|Hypo assure, ensure, insure, secure vouch give surety or assume responsibility doom make certain of the failure or destruction of makeassure the success of |
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