guaranty is on the Academic Word List.

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Singular
guaranty

Plural
guaranties

  1. (countable) A guaranty is a formal promise that a product will be fixed or replaced or money will be repaid if it breaks or doesn't work.
    The phone is covered by a six-month guaranty on parts and labour.
  2. (countable) A guaranty is a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
    The builders will now give performance and completion guaranties and will cover the costs of any problems.
    Constitutional guaranties of freedom of speech are common in democracies.
    The plan only operates for five years, with no guaranty of continuation.

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Plain form
guaranty

Third-person singular
guaranties

Past tense
guarantied

Past participle
guarantied

Present participle
guarantying

  1. (transitive) If you guaranty something, you promise to fixed or replace it or repay money if it breaks or doesn't work.
    All of our products are guarantied against defects in materials and workmanship for 3yrs from date of purchase.
  2. (transitive) If you guaranty something, you make a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
    the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranties the right to give and receive information.
    When you put your money with us, your savings are 100% guarantied.
    The Americans said they could not guaranty his safety in Iraqi airspace.
    If you go fishing with me, you're almost guarantied success.

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