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warranties

Variant of warranty

noun pl. warranties

  1. official authorization or sanction
  2. justification; reasonable grounds, as for an opinion or action
  3. Law a guarantee; specif.,
    1. a guarantee or an assurance, explicit or implied, of something having to do with a contract, as of sale; esp., the seller's assurance to the purchaser that the goods or property is or shall be as represented and, if not, will be replaced or repaired
    2. a guarantee by the insured that the facts are as stated in regard to an insurance risk, or that specified conditions shall be fulfilled: it constitutes a part of the contract and must be fulfilled to keep the contract in force
    3. a covenant by which the seller of real estate assures, and is bound to defend, the security of the title

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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