WARRANTY DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
warranty n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] warranty - soboma Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) warranty noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English warantie, from Anglo-French warantie, garantie, from warentir to warrant Date: 14th century 1. a. a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title b. a collateral undertaking that a fact regarding the subject of a contract is or will be as it is expressly or by implication declared or promised to be 2. something that authorizes, sanctions, supports, or justifies ; warrant 3. a usually written guarantee of the integrity of a product and of the maker's responsibility for the repair or replacement of defective parts Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary warranty (warranties) A warranty is a written promise by a company that, if you find a fault in something they have sold you within a certain time, they will repair it or replace it free of charge. ...a twelve month warranty... The equipment is still under warranty. = guarantee N-COUNT: also under N English Explanatory Dictionary warranty ˈwɔrəntɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 an undertaking as to the ownership or quality of a thing sold, hired, etc., often accepting responsibility for defects or liability for repairs needed over a specified period. 2 (usu. foll. by for + verbal noun) an authority or justification. 3 an undertaking by an insured person of the truth of a statement or fulfilment of a condition. [ME f. AF warantie, var. of garantie (as WARRANT)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Warranty \War"rant*y\, n.; pl. Warranties. [OF. warantie, F. garantie. See Warrant, n., and cf. Guaranty.] 1. (Anc. Law) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant. --Kent. 2. (Modern Law) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor. --Chitty. Bouvier. 3. (Insurance Law) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties. --Bouvier. 4. Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant. [R.] --Shak. If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty . . . to disobey likewise. --Kettlewe??. 5. Security; warrant; guaranty. The stamp was a warranty of the public. --Locke. Syn: See Guarantee. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Warranty \War"rant*y\, v. t. To warrant; to guarantee. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms warranty n. 1. Stipulation, agreement. 2. Guaranty, security, surety, pledge, warrant. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) warranty ˈwɔrəntɪ n. guarantee, assurance, promise, commitment, covenant, undertaking, agreement, pledge, bond: There is a maker's warranty that repairs of any defects will be made at no cost to the buyer. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "warranty": affidavit, assurance, attestation, authority, authorization, avouch, avouchment, bail, bill of health, bond, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, clearance, countenance, credential, deposition, diploma, empowerment, enabling, enfranchisement, entitlement, faith, fiat, guarantee, guaranty, indemnity, insurance, navicert, notarized statement, note, oath, parole, pledge, plight, promise, ratification, sanction, security, sheepskin, solemn declaration, stocks and bonds, surety, sworn statement, testamur, testimonial, ticket, tie, troth, visa, vise, voucher, vow, warrant, witness, word, word of honor |
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