Warranty ( noun , verb )

(As a noun)

Warranty ( noun )

1. A written guarantee, issued to the purchaser of an article by its manufacturer, promising to repair or replace it if necessary within a specified period of time.
2. An assurance or promise, especially one given in writing, that something is of a specified quality or that it will do or not do something.
3. The act of warranting or the state of being warranted.

Origin:

Middle english warantie, from anglo-french garantie, from garantir to warrant, from old northern french warantir, from warenter to guarantee, from warenter to give surety, from waren to pledge, from germanic; akin to old high german warnōn to take care of.

Examples:

1. The car came with a three-year warranty.
2. The manufacturer's warranty covered any defects in the product.
3. This product comes with a lifetime warranty.
4. The store offered a 30-day warranty on all of its products.
5. The warranty on the computer covers any hardware defects.

(As a verb)

Warranty ( verb )

1. A written guarantee, issued to the purchaser of an article by its manufacturer, promising to repair or replace it if necessary within a specified period of time.
2. An assurance or promise, especially one given in writing, that something is of a specified quality or that it will do or not do something.
3. The act of warranting or the state of being warranted.

Origin:

Middle english warantie, from anglo-french garantie, from garantir to warrant, from old northern french warantir, from warenter to guarantee, from warenter to give surety, from waren to pledge, from germanic; akin to old high german warnōn to take care of.

Examples:

1. The car came with a three-year warranty.
2. The manufacturer's warranty covered any defects in the product.
3. This product comes with a lifetime warranty.
4. The store offered a 30-day warranty on all of its products.
5. The warranty on the computer covers any hardware defects.