noun

warranty

WO-ruhn-tee

noun

A written guarantee, usually provided with a purchase, promising repair or replacement if the product turns out to be faulty within a set period.

"The laptop comes with a two-year warranty."

"She sent the broken toaster back under warranty."

A formal assurance or guarantee that certain facts are true, especially in a legal or insurance contract.

"The contract included a warranty that the property had no outstanding debts against it."

How to Use Warranty

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA guarantee, usually on a purchased item, that it'll be fixed or replaced if something goes wrong within a certain time.

Common mistake

"Warranty" is the noun for the guarantee document itself; "warrant" the verb means to justify something. They're related but not interchangeable.

Easily confused with

warrant → guarantee →

Common pairings

under warranty extended warranty warranty period

warrantied past tense, warranties plural, warranties singular

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The laptop comes with a two-year _____.

From Anglo-Norman warantie, a variant of Old French guarantie — a close relative of both "warrant" and "guarantee."

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