Webster's English Dictionary

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guarantee

1. guar.an.tee \.gar-*n-'te-, .ga:r-\ n [prob. alter. of 1guaranty] 1: 
   GUARANTOR  2: GUARANTY  3a: an agreement by which one person undertakes to 
   secure another in the po ssession or enjoyment of something 3b: an 
   assurance of the quality of or of the length of use to be expected f rom a 
   product offered for sale often with a promise of reimbursement 4: GUARANTY 
2. guarantee vt 1: to undertake to answer for the debt, default, or 
   miscarriage of  2: to engage for the existence, permanence, or nature of {~ 
   the wi nning of three tricks} 3: to give security to