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borrow |
to take with the promise to return or replace. [1/2 definitions] |
double |
to stand in for or replace something or someone. [1/13 definitions] |
guarantee |
a promise, especially in writing, that something one has bought will work properly. If it does not, the seller or maker must either repair or replace it. [1/5 definitions] |
insure |
If you insure your house or some other big thing that you own, you pay money for a certain type of protection for that house or other thing. You do this by making an agreement with an "insurance company" that promises to pay you money to fix or replace these things if they get damaged. The amount you pay to the company for their service is small compared to the money that that company pays you if your things gets damaged, BUT, your things might never get damaged, so you may be paying only for the good feeling that your things are protected. |
replace |
When you replace a thing, you put a new thing it its place. [2/3 definitions] |
rotate |
to replace according to planned cycles. [1/4 definitions] |
take over |
If you take over something, you replace someone else in controlling or handling that thing. [1/2 definitions] |
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