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Definition of 'Warranty'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) warranty
a written guarantee given to the purchaser of a new appliance, automobile, or other item by the manufacturer or dealer, usu. specifying that the manufacturer will make any repairs or replace defective parts free of charge for a stated period of time.

2.  warranty
an act or instance of warranting; warrant.

3.  warranty
Law.

4.  warranty
written or implied assurance that specific aspects of a contract, sale, etc., will be as represented.

5.  warranty
a covenant in a deed guaranteeing clear and unencumbered title to property.

6.  warranty
(in the law of insurance) a statement or promise made by the party insured and included as an essential part of the contract, falsity or nonfulfillment of which renders the policy void.

7.  warranty
a judicial document, as a warrant or writ.

8. (v.t.) warranty
to provide a manufacturer's or dealer's warranty for.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME warantie < AF (OF guarantie). See warrant , -y³)

Definition of 'Warranty'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

Definition of 'Warranty'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) warranty
an official promise that a product or service will work or be provided
a two-year warranty

Definition of 'Warranty'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Warranty
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

2. (noun) Warranty
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

3. (noun) Warranty
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

4. (noun) Warranty
justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant

5. (noun) Warranty
security; warrant; guaranty

6. (verb) Warranty
to warrant; to guarantee

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