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warranty

/ˈwɒrənti/

A2CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A minor term of a contract whose breach gives rise to damages but not to a right to terminate.

The late supply of the manual was a breach of warranty only, so the buyer had to accept the goods and sue for its loss.

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Business noun

A promise by the insured that a stated fact is true or that something will be done, breach of which can void cover.

Breach of the warranty to keep the alarm activated allowed the insurer to reject the burglary claim.

Topic: Insurance & risk in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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