warranty

English Online Dictionary. What means warranty‎? What does warranty mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English warantye, warantie, from Anglo-Norman warrantie, an Old Northern French variant of Old French guarantie (Modern French garantie). Doublet of guarantee and guaranty. More at warrant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹ.ən.ti/, /ˈwɑɹ.ən.ti/ (enPR: wôr'-ən-tē, wär'-)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒ.ɹən.ti/ (enPR: wär'-)

Noun

warranty (countable and uncountable, plural warranties)

1. (countable) A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
2. (countable, law, real estate, obsolete) A legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land: The grantor of a piece of real estate held in freehold, and his heirs, were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead their case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title), they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
   1. (law, countable, real estate) A covenant, also called the covenant of warranty, whereby the grantor assures the grantee that he or she will not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed.
3. (countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.
4. (countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that certain repairs and/or replacement parts will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a defect.

5. (countable, insurance law) A stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated, which if not fulfilled renders the policy void.
6. (uncountable, rare) Justification or mandate to do something, especially in terms of one’s personal conduct; warrant.

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Verb

warranty (third-person singular simple present warranties, present participle warrantying, simple past and past participle warrantied)

1. To warrant; to guarantee.

References

• “warranty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.