guarantee-n; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: a product warranty, documented assurance of quality

Commentary: GUARANTEE[+entity][+artifact][+document][+legal][+warranty][+product]

Examples:
We offer a ten-year guarantee against rusting.
They are only offering a one-year guarantee on the disk drive without insurance.

Mappings:
PropBank: guarantee.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a state of absolute certainty

Commentary: GUARANTEE[+state][+certainty][+absolute]

Examples:
In life, there are no guarantees.
There is no guarantee that they are not deceiving us.
The weatherman said there was a guarantee of no rain for tomorrow.

Mappings:
PropBank: guarantee.01

Sense Number 3: a documented promise of giving collateral for failure to meet a debt

Commentary: GUARANTEE[+entity][+artifact][+document][+legal][+obligation][+compensation][+debt]

Examples:
John signed a guarantee that will transfer ownership of his home for failure to meet the payments on his business loan.
There were several bonds and two signed guarantees in the safe deposit box.

Mappings:
PropBank: guarantee.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: the act of promising something

Commentary: GUARANTEE[+event][+speech_act][+promise]

Examples:
He could not give us a guarantee that he would be on time for the meeting.
The diamond merchant's word of guarantee was good enough for the jeweler.
Mary's daughter made a guarantee that she'd clean her room before going to the beach.

Mappings:
PropBank: guarantee.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1