guarantee
English
/ˌɡæɹənˈtiː/, /ˌɡɛəɹənˈtiː/
noun
Definitions
- Anything that assures a certain outcome.
- A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
- More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
- The person to whom a guarantee is made.
- (colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
Etymology
Derived from Old French guarantie (defense, protection) derived from Spanish, Castilian garante derived from Frankish *warjand.
Origin
Frankish
*warjand
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foregrant English
- grant English
- grantable English
- grantee English
- granter English
- grantest English
- granteth English
- grantless English
- grantmaker English
- grantmaking English
- grantsman English
- guaranteeable English
- guaranteeably English
- guaranteer English
- guaranty English
- microgrant English
- regrant English
- subgrant English
- unguaranteeable English
- *warantīre Latin
- Gewährung German
- gewähren German
- garantie French
- грант Russian
- garante Spanish, Castilian
- garantía Spanish, Castilian
- ギャランティ Japanese
- granten Middle English
- garant Old French
- garantir Old French
- guarantie Old French
- warrantie Old French
- garantia Catalan, Valencian
- grantar Ido
- garanti Norman
- (ge)wern, gewern Middle High German
- *warjand Frankish