Health insurance, by contrast, provides individuals a guarantee to a defined set of benefits for a price.
However, when a country starts to get help from the EFSF it is no longer providing a guarantee to the EFSF.
These are essentially presale of the physical commodity for an upfront cash payment and a guarantee to deliver the oil or gas at future dates.
He said he will wrap the ankle up and get treatment on Friday but is not a guarantee to play New Year's Eve against the Sacramento Kings.
Votes not needed by a candidate, because they have too few to be elected to a post or enough to guarantee a position, are transferred to the voter's second choice.
Faced with a near collapse they are far more likely to give banks' creditors a guarantee than to hurt them.
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In September 2008 the collapse of Lehman Brothers prompted him to announce a blanket guarantee to creditors of Ireland's big lenders.
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In the long run Mr Obama would wind Fannie and Freddie down, and has suggested replacements including a federal guarantee to be activated during crises or federal reinsurance sold as a backstop to private insurers.
She said part of Help to Buy, offering a mortgage guarantee to make more home loans more available for people with small deposits, was to be made available in Wales.
Everyone is in such a rush to guarantee a child's future, yet nobody has been able to rightly (and righteously) explain the ultimate reward.
And would it be better to buy a part on the spot market or get a supplier to guarantee a certain quantity?
This entity, more commonly referred to as the PBGC, would collect fees and create a guarantee fund to support insolvent pension plans and their beneficiaries.
Although the country's government claims to be fully funded until the middle of next year, it has provided a blanket guarantee to the Irish banks, some of whom are now finding it impossible to borrow money in the markets.
"Especially if they make a substantial guarantee" to a prospect who later fails to produce as promised.
The St Malachy's athlete needed to beat three minutes 40 seconds to guarantee a trip to Melbourne next March.
Last year, the Department awarded a loan guarantee to build the Kahuku wind farm in Hawaii.
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His plan includes a reserve fund providing a partial guarantee to absorb losses if housing prices continue to decline.
This is fine in theory, but in practice it often distorts the market for the remaining privately owned banks by keeping too many banks in business and by allowing nationalised banks with the benefit of a government guarantee to borrow more cheaply.
Thus, should Hambrecht, or any other UFL team owner who offers a personal guarantee to his players, default on his obligation to make payments by October 31, those UFL players who have been wronged should find comfort in hiring an attorney to seek recourse.
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Needing a two-goal win to guarantee a place in the last 16, the Swiss lacked a cutting edge and were unable to break down the stubborn central Americans, who wasted several chances to sneak a victory on the break in a hectic finale.
"It's as close to a guarantee as you're going to see in big-time sports today, " says Mr. McManus.
By the time he licensed his third movie, Blockbuster had placed a big enough order to guarantee a profit.
And finally, government has also provided a social safety net to guarantee a basic level of security for all our citizens.
Swinney himself stresses the need to be inclusive although he has declined to guarantee a front bench post to Alex Neil - or, indeed, anyone else at this stage.
Western European nations (where the weapons are housed) have moved away from that position, with some such as Germany calling for their removal - but newer members to the east continue to see them as a guarantee of US commitment to defend them.
For instance, reformers failed to win a broad guarantee that poor people would have access to a lawyer.
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Similarly, a network could be quickly configured to guarantee the image quality of a CEO's video broadcast to employees.
Additionally, they were a way to guarantee authenticity and even served as antitampering devices.
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