guarantee
noun
a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time.
had guaranteed
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past perfectof guarantee.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There were some legitimate failures here: The federal government had guaranteed $535 million in loans to the company, leaving taxpayers on the hook for a significant chunk of change.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
At an event on Tuesday, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that Iran’s ambassador to Malaysia had guaranteed tankers of the Southeast Asian country can transit the key energy shipping route without paying a fee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Last week the UK government announced that it had guaranteed a minimum price for electricity supplied from Berwick Bank.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
CAA Stellar’s accounting firm BSG Valentine had guaranteed the apartment leases where he kept the woman and a Stellar assistant assisted Barnett in dropping off payments to the woman, the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
By then, however, it had lost both its novelty and the volume of ridership that the Midway had guaranteed.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
