guarantee

guarantee
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noun
1 written promise by a company
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪

The company offers a full money-back guarantee.

▪ lifetime, three-year, two-year, etc.
▪ money-back
VERB + GUARANTEE
▪ carry, come with, have
▪

All our products come with a two-year guarantee.

▪ give (sb), offer (sb)
PREPOSITION
▪ under guarantee (BrE) (under warranty in AmE)
▪

The car is still under guarantee, so you should be able to get it repaired free of charge.

▪ guarantee against
▪

The window frames carry a 20-year guarantee against rot or decay.

▪ guarantee for
▪

The garage gives a year's guarantee for all repair work.

▪ guarantee on
▪

The contractors offer a full money-back guarantee on all their work.

2 promise that sth will be done/will happen
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute, firm (esp. BrE)
▪ cast-iron (BrE), ironclad (esp. AmE)
▪ long-term
▪ constitutional, federal (esp. AmE), government, legal
▪

The country gives a constitutional guarantee of the rights of minorities.

▪ personal
▪ loan
▪ security
VERB + GUARANTEE
▪ give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)
▪ demand, want
▪ get, receive
▪

We didn't get any firm guarantee of a loan.

▪ violate (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ guarantee against
▪

There was no guarantee against misuse of the political power.

▪ guarantee for
▪

The demonstrators were demanding guarantees for fair elections.

▪ guarantee of
▪

Arriving early is no longer a guarantee of getting a place.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}
verb
1 promise to do sth/promise sth will happen
ADVERB
▪ absolutely
▪

I can absolutely guarantee that you will enjoy the show.

▪ personally
▪

I personally guarantee total and immediate support in all measures undertaken.

▪ constitutionally, federally (both esp. AmE)
VERB + GUARANTEE
▪ be able to, can
PHRASES
▪ be fully guaranteed
▪

All our electrical goods are fully guaranteed.

2 make sth certain to happen
ADVERB
▪ absolutely
▪ almost, practically, virtually
▪ effectively
▪

The complicated electoral system effectively guarantees the president's re-election.

▪ automatically
▪

A degree does not automatically guarantee you a job.

▪ by no means, not necessarily
▪

The outcome is by no means guaranteed.

Guarantee is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amendment, ↑constitution, ↑treaty
Guarantee is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anonymity, ↑confidentiality, ↑delivery, ↑employment, ↑entry, ↑equality, ↑existence, ↑fairness, ↑freedom, ↑future, ↑immunity, ↑impartiality, ↑income, ↑liberty, ↑loan, ↑payment, ↑pension, ↑privacy, ↑profit, ↑representation, ↑return, ↑right, ↑safety, ↑security, ↑service, ↑success

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