Warranty vs. Guarantee
Warrantynoun
(countable) A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
Warrantynoun
An obsolete legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land, whereby the grantor and his heirs of a piece of real estate held in freehold were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead one’s 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 It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
Warrantynoun
A covenant, also called the covenant of warranty, whereby the grantor assures the grantee that he or she not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed.
Warrantynoun
(countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault.
Warrantynoun
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.
Warrantynoun
Justification or mandate to do something, especially in terms of one’s personal conduct.
Warrantyverb
To warrant; to guarantee.
Warrantynoun
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.
Warrantynoun
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.
Warrantynoun
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.
Warrantynoun
Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.
Warrantynoun
Security; warrant; guaranty.
Warrantyverb
To warrant; to guarantee.
Warrantynoun
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
Warranty
In contract law, a warranty is a promise which is not a condition of the contract or an innominate term: (1) it is a term , and (2) which only entitles the innocent party to damages if it is breached: i.e. the warranty is not true or the defaulting party does not perform the contract in accordance with the terms of the warranty.
Guaranteenoun
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
Guaranteenoun
A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.
Guaranteenoun
More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
Guaranteenoun
The person to whom a guarantee is made.
Guaranteenoun
(colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.
Guaranteeverb
To give an assurance that something will be done right.
Guaranteeverb
To assume responsibility for a debt or other obligation.
Guaranteeverb
To make something certain.
Guaranteenoun
In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.
Guaranteenoun
One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
Guaranteenoun
The person to whom a guaranty is made; - the correlative of guarantor.
Guaranteeverb
In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.
Guaranteenoun
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
Guaranteenoun
a pledge that something will happen or that something is true;
Guaranteenoun
a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
Guaranteeverb
make certain of;
Guaranteeverb
promise to do or accomplish;
Guaranteenoun
a formal assurance (typically in writing) that certain conditions will be fulfilled, especially that a product will be repaired or replaced if not of a specified quality
Guaranteenoun
something that ensures a particular outcome
Guaranteenoun
an undertaking to answer for the payment or performance of another person's debt or obligation in the event of a default by the person primarily responsible for it.
Guaranteenoun
a thing serving as security for a guarantee.
Guaranteenoun
less common term for guarantor
Guaranteeverb
provide a formal assurance, especially that certain conditions will be fulfilled relating to a product, service, or transaction
Guaranteeverb
provide a guarantee for
Guaranteeverb
provide financial security for; underwrite
Guaranteeverb
promise with certainty
Guarantee
Guarantee is a legal term more comprehensive and of higher import than either warranty or . It most commonly designates a private transaction by means of which one person, to obtain some trust, confidence or credit for another, engages to be answerable for him.
