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
The refiner, Hengli Petrochemical, said its supplier had guaranteed the oil wasn’t Iranian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
