Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective secured by written agreement.
  • adjective certified.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of guarantee.

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Examples

  • She is - to use a word guaranteed to make fashion snobs shudder - "commercial".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • The madison champs was always hotly contested; wearing the jersey which went with the title guaranteed the winners better contract fees from Six Day promoters.

    PezCyclingNews.com 2009

  • WILLIS: Well, you know, people apply for what they call a guaranteed loan.

    CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007 2007

  • That's the warning presented at the top of each installment of "Jurassic Fight Club," and a hat must be tipped toward the producers for coming up with a title guaranteed to grab attention.

    Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog 2009

  • According to Hendo, Kerry O'Brien's age is some sort of a 'state secret' - a term guaranteed to bring to mind a cold-war-like like paranoia about dead communist leaders propped up like its Weekend at Bernie's.

    Larvatus Prodeo 2009

  • I am forcibly reminded of Bing Crosby and David Bowie duetting on Little Drummer Boy (round about the time the Thin White Duke moved to Berlin with Iggy and singlehandedly rescued the Bolivian economy as I recall) Heretofore nobody had known Ziggy really wanted to be an all round family entertainer (a term guaranteed to bring a shudder to anyone who can remember when the UK thought that Cliff Richard was a dangerous rocker, daddio)

    A Delightful Holiday Reheat « Whatever 2006

  • I am forcibly reminded of Bing Crosby and David Bowie duetting on Little Drummer Boy (round about the time the Thin White Duke moved to Berlin with Iggy and singlehandedly rescued the Bolivian economy as I recall) Heretofore nobody had known Ziggy really wanted to be an all round family entertainer (a term guaranteed to bring a shudder to anyone who can remember when the UK thought that Cliff Richard was a dangerous rocker, daddio)

    A Delightful Holiday Reheat « Whatever 2006

  • One of the few things you are guaranteed is a decent and honorable burial ...

    Harlem Vet ‘Punch(ed) in gut’ « 2010

  • Being that the last two No. 1 picks have received at least $30 million in guaranteed money, well, all together now: Better get it right.

    Guiding draft principle amid NFL's money woes: Get it right 2009

  • Manulife, which owns U.S. life insurer John Hancock Financial, has more earnings sensitivity to interest-rate and equity-market volatility than its Canadian rivals because it sold more long-term guaranteed investment products, such as annuities.

    Manulife On Track To Meet Hedging Targets Ben Dummett 2011

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  • The ultimate risk elimination is the guarantee. Just adding a guarantee to advertisements for example will often increase sales 30% or more.

    '15 words that will make you money'

    July 23, 2009