Synonyms for Anteed up:

• v.

  • chip in
  • ante up
  ,
  • break in
  ,
  • chime in
  ,
  • come through
  ,
  • conate
  ,
  • go Dutch
  ,
  • interpose
  ,
  • interrupt
  ,
  • pay
  ,
  • pitch in
  ,
  • subscribe
  .
  • contribute
  • accord
  ,
  • add
  ,
  • afford
  ,
  • assign
  ,
  • bequeath
  ,
  • bequest
  ,
  • bestow
  ,
  • chip in
  ,
  • commit
  ,
  • confer
  ,
  • devote
  ,
  • dispense
  ,
  • dole out
  ,
  • dower
  ,
  • endow
  ,
  • enrich
  ,
  • furnish
  ,
  • give
  ,
  • give away
  ,
  • grant
  ,
  • hand out
  ,
  • kick in
  ,
  • pony up
  ,
  • present
  ,
  • proffer
  ,
  • sacrifice
  ,
  • share
  ,
  • subsidize
  ,
  • supply
  ,
  • sweeten the kitty
  ,
  • tender
  ,
  • will
  .
  • disburse
  • acquit
  ,
  • come across
  ,
  • come up with
  ,
  • contribute
  ,
  • cough up
  ,
  • deal
  ,
  • defray
  ,
  • disperse
  ,
  • distribute
  ,
  • divide
  ,
  • divvy
  ,
  • expend
  ,
  • foot the bill
  ,
  • lay out
  ,
  • measure out
  ,
  • outlay
  ,
  • partition
  ,
  • pay out
  ,
  • put out
  ,
  • shell out
  ,
  • use
  .
  • donate
  • award
  ,
  • do one's part
  ,
  • feed the kitty
  ,
  • get in the act
  ,
  • get it up
  ,
  • lay on
  ,
  • pass the hat
  ,
  • provide
  ,
  • sweeten the pot
  .
  • expend
  • blow
  ,
  • consume
  ,
  • disburse
  ,
  • dish out
  ,
  • dissipate
  ,
  • employ
  ,
  • finish
  ,
  • fork out
  ,
  • go through
  ,
  • splurge
  ,
  • spring for
  ,
  • throw money at
  ,
  • use up
  ,
  • wash up
  .
  • give
  • administer
  ,
  • allow
  ,
  • cede
  ,
  • consign
  ,
  • convey
  ,
  • deed
  ,
  • deliver
  ,
  • dispose of
  ,
  • donate
  ,
  • entrust
  ,
  • fork over
  ,
  • gift
  ,
  • hand down
  ,
  • hand over
  ,
  • heap upon
  ,
  • lavish upon
  ,
  • lay upon
  ,
  • lease
  ,
  • let have
  ,
  • make over
  ,
  • parcel out
  ,
  • part with
  ,
  • pass down
  ,
  • pass out
  ,
  • permit
  ,
  • relinquish
  ,
  • remit
  ,
  • sell
  ,
  • throw in
  ,
  • tip
  ,
  • transmit
  ,
  • turn over
  ,
  • vouchsafe
  .
  • recompense
  • COMP
  ,
  • atone
  ,
  • atone for
  ,
  • balance
  ,
  • compensate
  ,
  • counterbalance
  ,
  • counterpoise
  ,
  • countervail
  ,
  • do business
  ,
  • equalize
  ,
  • expiate
  ,
  • fix
  ,
  • give satisfaction
  ,
  • grease
  ,
  • indemnify
  ,
  • make amends
  ,
  • make good
  ,
  • make up for
  ,
  • offset
  ,
  • overcompensate
  ,
  • pay for
  ,
  • propitiate
  ,
  • reciprocate
  ,
  • recoup
  ,
  • recover
  ,
  • redress
  ,
  • reimburse
  ,
  • remunerate
  ,
  • repay
  ,
  • requite
  ,
  • retaliate
  ,
  • retrieve
  ,
  • return
  ,
  • reward
  ,
  • satisfy
  ,
  • square
  ,
  • swing for
  ,
  • take care of
  .
  • remunerate
  • guerdon
  ,
  • pay off
  ,
  • pay up
  ,
  • post
  ,
  • recompense
  .
  • shell out
  • spend
  .
  • spend
  • absorb
  ,
  • allocate
  ,
  • apply
  ,
  • cast away
  ,
  • concentrate
  ,
  • deplete
  ,
  • drain
  ,
  • drop
  ,
  • empty
  ,
  • evote
  ,
  • exhaust
  ,
  • fritter
  ,
  • invest
  ,
  • lavish
  ,
  • liquidate
  ,
  • misspend
  ,
  • pay down
  ,
  • put in
  ,
  • run through
  ,
  • settle
  ,
  • squander
  ,
  • throw away
  ,
  • waste
  .
  • subscribe
  • advocate
  ,
  • buy
  ,
  • consent
  ,
  • endorse
  ,
  • enroll
  ,
  • ink
  ,
  • make a deal
  ,
  • offer
  ,
  • pledge
  ,
  • promise
  ,
  • put up
  ,
  • register
  ,
  • second
  ,
  • set
  ,
  • sign
  ,
  • sign up
  ,
  • signature
  ,
  • support
  .

• Other relevant words:

• 2d
,
• 2nd
,
• abandon
,
• abide
,
• aby
,
• abye
,
• accept
,
• accolade
,
• accompaniment
,
• accordance
,
• acquaint
,
• act
,
• add together
,
• add up
,
• address
,
• adhd
,
• adjudicate
,
• adjust
,
• administrate
,
• admit
,
• adorn
,
• advantage
,
• advocator
,
• affectionate
,
• affirm
,
• agree
,
• agreement
,
• air
,
• allot
,
• allow for
,
• amends
,
• anaesthetise
,
• anaesthetize
,
• anesthetise
,
• anesthetize
,
• angle
,
• anticipate
,
• appease
,
• append
,
• apportion
,
• appropriate
,
• arcsecond
,
• arrange
,
• array
,
• arrogate
,
• ascribe
,
• assignment
,
• assimilate
,
• assoil
,
• assurance
,
• assure
,
• attain
,
• attendant
,
• attender
,
• attention deficit disorder
,
• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
,
• attribute
,
• augury
,
• avenge
,
• awarding
,
• back
,
• back up
,
• backing
,
• backsheesh
,
• backup
,
• baksheesh
,
• bakshis
,
• bakshish
,
• balance wheel
,
• ball up
,
• band
,
• bargain
,
• barge in
,
• barren
,
• batch
,
• be adrift
,
• bead
,
• beam
,
• bear
,
• bear out
,
• beat
,
• beginning
,
• behave
,
• bent
,
• berth
,
• betray
,
• bid
,
• billet
,
• binge
,
• birth
,
• bit
,
• black eye
,
• black out
,
• blast
,
• bless
,
• blow out
,
• bluster
,
• boast
,
• bobble
,
• boil down
,
• bollix
,
• bollix up
,
• bollocks
,
• bollocks up
,
• botch
,
• botch up
,
• bother
,
• bowl over
,
• brag
,
• branch
,
• brand
,
• bread and butter
,
• break
,
• break through
,
• break up
,
• bribe
,
• bring
,
• bring back
,
• bring home the bacon
,
• bring out
,
• broadcast
,
• brook
,
• bumble
,
• bump
,
• bung
,
• bungle
,
• burn out
,
• bushel
,
• business deal
,
• butt in
,
• buy off
,
• call
,
• call back
,
• call up
,
• can
,
• cancel
,
• care
,
• carry
,
• carry on
,
• carve up
,
• cash register
,
• cast
,
• cast aside
,
• cast off
,
• cast out
,
• cater
,
• cave in
,
• cease
,
• center
,
• centralise
,
• centralize
,
• centre
,
• certify
,
• chance on
,
• chance upon
,
• channel
,
• channelise
,
• channelize
,
• charge
,
• charter
,
• chisel in
,
• chuck out
,
• chuck up the sponge
,
• circle
,
• circularise
,
• circularize
,
• circulate
,
• clear
,
• cliff
,
• close
,
• clothe
,
• coating
,
• coif
,
• coiffe
,
• coiffure
,
• coke
,
• collapse
,
• come back
,
• come in
,
• come over
,
• come upon
,
• comeback
,
• coming back
,
• commencement
,
• communicate
,
• compensation
,
• complete
,
• comport
,
• concede
,
• concession
,
• conciliate
,
• conclusion
,
• concord
,
• condense
,
• conduce
,
• conduct
,
• confab
,
• confabulate
,
• confide
,
• confidential information
,
• confirm
,
• conform to
,
• conformity
,
• confront
,
• congeal
,
• conk
,
• consecrate
,
• consider
,
• consort
,
• consult
,
• consumption
,
• contend
,
• contract
,
• contribution
,
• convalesce
,
• cook
,
• cope
,
• correct
,
• correspondence
,
• corroborate
,
• corrupt
,
• cough out
,
• counsel
,
• counsellor
,
• counselor
,
• counselor-at-law
,
• countenance
,
• counter
,
• counteract
,
• counterpose
,
• countersink
,
• counterweight
,
• cover
,
• crack
,
• crank
,
• cranky
,
• crest
,
• cross-file
,
• crown
,
• cultivation
,
• culture
,
• curing
,
• cut down
,
• cut in
,
• cut into
,
• cut off
,
• cutter
,
• damages
,
• dangle
,
• deal out
,
• debate
,
• debilitate
,
• decide
,
• declare oneself
,
• decoct
,
• dedicate
,
• deduct
,
• deed of conveyance
,
• deed over
,
• defend
,
• defer
,
• define
,
• degenerate
,
• delegate
,
• deliberate
,
• deliver the goods
,
• delve
,
• demo
,
• demolish
,
• demonstrate
,
• denounce
,
• deport
,
• deposit
,
• depute
,
• descend
,
• desex
,
• desexualise
,
• desexualize
,
• designate
,
• desolate
,
• destination
,
• deteriorate
,
• determine
,
• determined
,
• devastate
,
• devolve
,
• devour
,
• dictated
,
• diffuse
,
• dig
,
• dig in
,
• digest
,
• dip
,
• dirt
,
• disbursal
,
• disbursement
,
• discard
,
• discharge
,
• disclose
,
• discommode
,
• discover
,
• dish
,
• dish up
,
• dismiss
,
• disoblige
,
• dispel
,
• dispense with
,
• dispose
,
• disrupt
,
• disseminate
,
• dissever
,
• dissipation
,
• disturb
,
• disunite
,
• divider
,
• division
,
• divulge
,
• divvy up
,
• do in
,
• do the dishes
,
• doctor
,
• documentation
,
• domiciliate
,
• dot
,
• douse
,
• dowery
,
• down
,
• dowry
,
• drainage
,
• drainpipe
,
• draw
,
• dress
,
• dressed ore
,
• dribble
,
• driblet
,
• drift
,
• drink
,
• drip
,
• drive home
,
• drop by the wayside
,
• drop cloth
,
• drop curtain
,
• drop down
,
• drop off
,
• drop out
,
• drop-off
,
• dust
,
• earmark
,
• earnings
,
• ease up
,
• eat
,
• eat up
,
• economic consumption
,
• eject
,
• emaciate
,
• employment
,
• empower
,
• empty-bellied
,
• enclose
,
• encounter
,
• end
,
• end up
,
• ending
,
• endorsement
,
• endowment
,
• endue
,
• endure
,
• enfeeble
,
• enforce
,
• engage
,
• engross
,
• engulf
,
• enjoyment
,
• enrol
,
• ensconce
,
• enter
,
• enthrone
,
• equal
,
• equalise
,
• equaliser
,
• equalizer
,
• equate
,
• equilibrate
,
• equilibrise
,
• equilibrium
,
• equilibrize
,
• equipoise
,
• erect
,
• establish
,
• evacuate
,
• even off
,
• even out
,
• even up
,
• exculpate
,
• exercise
,
• exercise set
,
• exhaust fumes
,
• exhaust system
,
• exhibit
,
• exonerate
,
• expectorate
,
• expel
,
• expenditure
,
• experience
,
• exponent
,
• expose
,
• express
,
• extend
,
• extradite
,
• face
,
• faint
,
• fall
,
• fall by the wayside
,
• fall in
,
• fall upon
,
• fasten
,
• feather
,
• fee
,
• feed
,
• fell
,
• fellate
,
• fend for
,
• fetch
,
• fetch up
,
• file
,
• fill
,
• filth
,
• finale
,
• finalise
,
• finalize
,
• financial backing
,
• financial support
,
• find
,
• finis
,
• finish up
,
• finishing
,
• first
,
• fit
,
• fit in
,
• fixate
,
• fixed
,
• fixing
,
• fixture
,
• flatten
,
• fling
,
• flip
,
• flip over
,
• float
,
• flock
,
• flub
,
• fluff
,
• focus
,
• fond
,
• fool
,
• fool away
,
• forebode
,
• forego
,
• foreswear
,
• foretell
,
• foretoken
,
• forfeit
,
• forfeiture
,
• forgo
,
• fork up
,
• foul up
,
• founder
,
• foursquare
,
• fraction
,
• free
,
• free fall
,
• fritter away
,
• frivol away
,
• fructify
,
• fuck up
,
• fulfil
,
• fulfill
,
• fumble
,
• fumes
,
• function
,
• funding
,
• furbish up
,
• gas
,
• gasconade
,
• gear up
,
• generate
,
• gestural
,
• get
,
• get back
,
• get by
,
• get even
,
• get through
,
• get-go
,
• getting even
,
• give back
,
• give birth
,
• give out
,
• give up
,
• give way
,
• giving
,
• go
,
• go back
,
• go down
,
• go down on
,
• go for
,
• go under
,
• goal
,
• godforsaken
,
• good deal
,
• grapple
,
• grass
,
• gratify
,
• gratuity
,
• grease one's palms
,
• great deal
,
• grime
,
• grunge
,
• gust
,
• habit
,
• habituate
,
• hand
,
• handle
,
• happen upon
,
• hardened
,
• hardening
,
• hark back
,
• harmonise
,
• harmonize
,
• hatful
,
• have
,
• heap
,
• hearty
,
• hint
,
• hire
,
• hive away
,
• hold
,
• hold out
,
• hold over
,
• hold up
,
• hole
,
• hollow
,
• homecoming
,
• honor
,
• honour
,
• hope
,
• house
,
• human action
,
• human activity
,
• hyperkinetic syndrome
,
• imbibe
,
• immerse
,
• impart
,
• implement
,
• impute
,
• inclose
,
• income tax return
,
• incommode
,
• inconvenience
,
• indemnification
,
• indemnity
,
• indorse
,
• induct
,
• indue
,
• ingest
,
• inject
,
• inscribe
,
• insert
,
• instal
,
• install
,
• instant
,
• institutionalise
,
• institutionalize
,
• interfere
,
• interject
,
• intervene
,
• introduce
,
• intrust
,
• invite
,
• irregular
,
• issue
,
• jam
,
• jell
,
• keep
,
• keep going
,
• kettle of fish
,
• key signature
,
• kick down
,
• kickoff
,
• knock off
,
• knock over
,
• laid
,
• lame
,
• land up
,
• languish
,
• last
,
• laurels
,
• lave
,
• lay
,
• lay in
,
• lay waste to
,
• lead
,
• lean
,
• leave
,
• leave out
,
• legacy
,
• legal tender
,
• lend
,
• lend oneself
,
• let
,
• let go
,
• let go of
,
• let on
,
• let out
,
• letting
,
• libra
,
• licence
,
• license
,
• light upon
,
• limit
,
• live up to
,
• livelihood
,
• living
,
• localisation
,
• localise
,
• localization
,
• localize
,
• locate
,
• located
,
• locating
,
• location
,
• look at
,
• lot
,
• louse up
,
• lovesome
,
• lubricating oil
,
• lucullan
,
• macerate
,
• mail
,
• mail service
,
• make
,
• make do
,
• make it
,
• make out
,
• make up
,
• manage
,
• manipulation
,
• mansion
,
• mark
,
• mass
,
• match
,
• mbd
,
• measure
,
• meet
,
• mend
,
• mending
,
• mensurate
,
• mess
,
• mess up
,
• mete out
,
• mickle
,
• military post
,
• minimal brain damage
,
• minimal brain dysfunction
,
• mint
,
• minute
,
• mishandle
,
• miss
,
• mo
,
• moment
,
• moot
,
• mountain
,
• move over
,
• muck up
,
• muckle
,
• muddle
,
• muff
,
• munificent
,
• musical accompaniment
,
• nail down
,
• natural endowment
,
• neglect
,
• neutralise
,
• neutralize
,
• nominate
,
• nose candy
,
• nowadays
,
• occupy
,
• offer up
,
• offering
,
• office
,
• offset printing
,
• offshoot
,
• omit
,
• open
,
• oppose
,
• orgy
,
• outgo
,
• outgrowth
,
• outset
,
• over-correct
,
• overgenerous
,
• overleap
,
• overlook
,
• overturn
,
• pact
,
• parcel
,
• part
,
• partake
,
• partake in
,
• partition off
,
• partitioning
,
• pass
,
• pass around
,
• pass on
,
• passel
,
• patch up
,
• patronage
,
• patronise
,
• patronize
,
• pay back
,
• paying back
,
• payoff
,
• peak
,
• pearl
,
• peck
,
• percentage
,
• permission
,
• permissive waste
,
• perpetrate
,
• pickle
,
• pile
,
• pine away
,
• pinnace
,
• pitch
,
• place
,
• placed
,
• planetary house
,
• plant
,
• play out
,
• pleader
,
• plenty
,
• plight
,
• ploughshare
,
• plow
,
• plowshare
,
• plump for
,
• plunge
,
• plunk for
,
• plush
,
• plushy
,
• ply
,
• point
,
• poise
,
• polarity
,
• polish
,
• polish off
,
• pop the question
,
• pore
,
• portion
,
• portion out
,
• portray
,
• pose
,
• posit
,
• position
,
• postal service
,
• postpone
,
• pot
,
• pourboire
,
• practice
,
• preach
,
• predict
,
• preindication
,
• prepare
,
• present tense
,
• president grant
,
• pretermit
,
• primed
,
• prize
,
• proceeds
,
• prognosticate
,
• propagate
,
• proponent
,
• proportion
,
• proportionality
,
• propose
,
• proposition
,
• prorogue
,
• provision
,
• public square
,
• publish
,
• puff
,
• pull
,
• pull round
,
• pull through
,
• purchase
,
• purpose
,
• put
,
• put away
,
• put down
,
• put forward
,
• put off
,
• put on
,
• put over
,
• put under
,
• quit
,
• quite a little
,
• raft
,
• raise
,
• range
,
• rat
,
• ratify
,
• ravage
,
• raw
,
• reach
,
• read
,
• readiness
,
• ready
,
• reappearance
,
• rear
,
• recall
,
• reclaim
,
• recollect
,
• recommend
,
• reconcile
,
• record
,
• recruit
,
• recuperate
,
• recurrence
,
• redeem
,
• redo
,
• reduce
,
• reelect
,
• reenforcement
,
• refashion
,
• refinement
,
• refund
,
• regain
,
• regaining
,
• registry
,
• regress
,
• reinforce
,
• reinforcement
,
• rejoin
,
• rejoinder
,
• release
,
• remainder
,
• remake
,
• remand
,
• remediation
,
• remedy
,
• remember
,
• remission
,
• remitment
,
• remuneration
,
• render
,
• renounce
,
• rent
,
• rental
,
• repair
,
• reparation
,
• repent
,
• replication
,
• represent
,
• rescue
,
• reserve
,
• residual
,
• residue
,
• residuum
,
• resign
,
• resolve
,
• resonate
,
• rest
,
• restitution
,
• restoration
,
• restore
,
• retire
,
• retort
,
• retread
,
• retrovert
,
• return key
,
• reveal
,
• revenge
,
• reversal
,
• reverse
,
• revert
,
• rework
,
• rig
,
• right
,
• rigid
,
• riposte
,
• ritual killing
,
• rivet
,
• role
,
• roll
,
• root
,
• rot
,
• run across
,
• run down
,
• run into
,
• run off
,
• run out
,
• runner
,
• salary
,
• salt away
,
• salute
,
• sap
,
• satisfying
,
• save
,
• scatter
,
• scourge
,
• screw up
,
• seat
,
• sec
,
• second base
,
• second gear
,
• second power
,
• secondly
,
• secondment
,
• sectionalisation
,
• sectionalization
,
• secure
,
• see
,
• segmentation
,
• send
,
• send away
,
• send back
,
• send packing
,
• sensitive
,
• separate
,
• serve
,
• serve up
,
• set apart
,
• set aside
,
• set back
,
• set down
,
• set in
,
• set off
,
• set out
,
• set up
,
• set-back
,
• setback
,
• seth
,
• setoff
,
• settee
,
• settle down
,
• shake off
,
• shed
,
• shelve
,
• ship's boat
,
• shit
,
• shock
,
• shoot
,
• shoot a line
,
• shop
,
• shove along
,
• shove off
,
• show
,
• shower
,
• showtime
,
• sic
,
• sight
,
• sign of the zodiac
,
• sign on
,
• sign-language
,
• signal
,
• signaling
,
• signalise
,
• signalize
,
• signature tune
,
• signboard
,
• signed
,
• sink
,
• situate
,
• situated
,
• situation
,
• slacken
,
• slant
,
• slew
,
• smother
,
• snitch
,
• snow
,
• soak up
,
• softwood
,
• soil
,
• solid
,
• solidification
,
• solidifying
,
• sop up
,
• sore
,
• spare
,
• spate
,
• specify
,
• spending
,
• spit out
,
• spit up
,
• split
,
• split up
,
• spoil
,
• spot
,
• spread
,
• spread out
,
• spring
,
• springiness
,
• sprinkle
,
• square off
,
• square toes
,
• square up
,
• squarely
,
• stack
,
• stack away
,
• stag
,
• stage
,
• stage set
,
• stagger
,
• stain
,
• stake
,
• stamp
,
• stand
,
• star sign
,
• start
,
• starting time
,
• stash away
,
• station
,
• steady down
,
• steal
,
• steep
,
• steer
,
• step in
,
• sterilise
,
• sterilize
,
• stick in
,
• stick out
,
• stolon
,
• stomach
,
• stop
,
• stopping point
,
• store
,
• straight
,
• straightforward
,
• stretch forth
,
• stretch out
,
• strike
,
• strike back
,
• strike down
,
• submit
,
• subscribe to
,
• subside
,
• subsidisation
,
• subsidise
,
• subsidization
,
• substantial
,
• substantiate
,
• succeed
,
• suck
,
• suck up
,
• suffer
,
• suggestion
,
• sum
,
• sum up
,
• summate
,
• summit
,
• supply ship
,
• supplying
,
• supporting
,
• surrender
,
• survive
,
• sustain
,
• sustenance
,
• swash
,
• swing
,
• swoon
,
• symmetricalness
,
• symmetry
,
• table
,
• take
,
• take back
,
• take in
,
• take into account
,
• take over
,
• take root
,
• take up
,
• takings
,
• talent
,
• tally
,
• tap
,
• tax return
,
• tell on
,
• tenderise
,
• tenderize
,
• term of a contract
,
• terminate
,
• testament
,
• theme song
,
• think
,
• thriftlessness
,
• throw
,
• throw in the towel
,
• throw off
,
• throw out
,
• tidy sum
,
• tilt
,
• tin
,
• tip off
,
• tip over
,
• tippy
,
• tippytoe
,
• tiptoe
,
• tire
,
• title
,
• toast
,
• tolerate
,
• too-generous
,
• top
,
• topple
,
• toss
,
• toss away
,
• toss out
,
• tot
,
• tot up
,
• total
,
• tote up
,
• touch
,
• touch on
,
• tout
,
• trade
,
• transfer
,
• transport
,
• treat
,
• treaty
,
• trouble
,
• trust
,
• tucker
,
• tucker out
,
• tumble
,
• tump over
,
• turn
,
• turn back
,
• turn in
,
• typeset
,
• uncover
,
• underpin
,
• unload
,
• unsex
,
• unsparing
,
• unstinted
,
• unstinting
,
• untoughened
,
• unwrap
,
• upset
,
• urge
,
• usage
,
• usance
,
• use of goods and services
,
• utilisation
,
• utilise
,
• utilization
,
• utilize
,
• vacate
,
• vacuous
,
• vaunt
,
• vest
,
• void
,
• volition
,
• volunteer
,
• wad
,
• wage
,
• wages
,
• waive
,
• ware
,
• wassail
,
• waste material
,
• waste matter
,
• waste pipe
,
• waste product
,
• wastefulness
,
• wasteland
,
• water parting
,
• watershed
,
• whirl
,
• wild
,
• win
,
• wind
,
• wind up
,
• wipe out
,
• withhold
,
• work through
,
• yield
,
• zone
,
• zonk out
.

What are the hypernyms for Anteed up?

• Other hypernyms:

  agreement, assurance, commitment, contract, guaranteed, promise, security, a sure thing.