What's the difference between assurance and warranty?

Assurance


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
  • (n.) The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
  • (n.) Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
  • (n.) Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
  • (n.) Betrothal; affiance.
  • (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
  • (n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (2) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
  • (3) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
  • (4) The absence of uniform definitions prevents meaningful intersystem comparisons, prohibits explorations of hypotheses about effective interventions, and interferes with the efforts of quality assurance.
  • (5) At a private meeting last Tuesday, Hunt assured Cameron and the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, that he had not been aware that his special adviser, Adam Smith, was systematically leaking information and advice to News Corp about its bid for BSkyB.
  • (6) Belmar and his fellow commanders spent the week before the grand jury decision assuring residents that 1,000 officers had been training for months to prepare for that day.
  • (7) Last month following a visit to Islamabad Ben Emmerson QC, the UN's special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said he had been given assurances that there was no "tacit consent by Pakistan to the use of drones on its territory".
  • (8) "Recent developments have once again brought into question the validity of assurances by the US about its use of Diego Garcia," say the MPs.
  • (9) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.
  • (10) The scheme has an important role in histopathology quality assurance.
  • (11) At the very least, Arsenal have assured themselves of a place in the Europa League.
  • (12) The proposition put forward in this paper is that standards of nursing practice can only be assured if the profession is able to find ways of responding to the intuitions and gut reactions of its practitioners.
  • (13) When accreditation is viewed and administered appropriately, it is an opportunity for self-improvement and a tool for quality assurance.
  • (14) The Pentagon leadership suggested to a Senate panel on Tuesday that US ground troops may directly join Iraqi forces in combat against the Islamic State (Isis), despite US president Barack Obama’s repeated public assurances against US ground combat in the latest Middle Eastern war.
  • (15) Current residency training does not assure competency in all of the procedures the general internist does in practice.
  • (16) Ten patients (16.67 per cent) of the mortality group were in the ninety-ninth percentile of risk, whereas these factors or variables of similar weight produced an equivalent risk of only 0.34 per cent of the survivors; thus, operative death in these circumstances could be predicted with an estimated 98.0 per cent assurance.
  • (17) This is a correlative study of normal anatomy of the lumbosacral spine and pelvis demonstrated by SPECT and radiography in order to assure that morphologic detail resulting from SPECT is recognized and matched with radiographic landmarks in the same area.
  • (18) Until the dental profession defines quality to include psychological, sociologic, and economic factors and establishes measurable standards of performance, dental quality assurance cannot exist in any meaningful way.
  • (19) A comprehensive quality assurance (QA) program should be implemented for all teleradiology and picture archival and communications (PACS) systems.
  • (20) Until that point, Bravo had looked assured, often straying 30 yards off his goal-line and confident enough to try a couple of passes that many goalkeepers would consider too risky.

Warranty


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.
  • (n.) Security; warrant; guaranty.
  • (v. t.) To warrant; to guarantee.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Many of the reliability issues are covered under Tesla’s overall four-year or 50,000 mile warranty and eight-year unlimited mile battery and drive train warranty takes care of most of the major issues at no cost, according to the report.
  • (2) The deficiencies of the law of warranties for contracts of purchase of horses have led to the situation that more and more purchasers try to shift the risk to the veterinarian by ordering a comprehensive examination of the horse.
  • (3) In the absence of an express warranty the physician could not be held responsible for the birth of the plaintiff's child.
  • (4) Manufacturers often provide their own guarantee, while longer-term guarantees and warranties are usually underwritten by a third party, which will be legally required to honour contracts regardless of what has happened to the retailer who originally sold the product.
  • (5) Those buying travel insurance, and used car and electronic goods warranties – which until now incurred IPT at 17.5% – will now be taxed at 20%.
  • (6) School systems plagued by the asbestos hazards are now filing suits against asbestos manufacturers alleging causes of action in breach of warranty, negligence and strict products liability in tort.
  • (7) "We need to find a way of getting ourselves off the drug of warranties," he says.
  • (8) The warranty period part is a red herring as this is irrelevant when the manufacturer has confirmed the parts were faulty.
  • (9) The safe harbors comprise 11 broad categories--investment interests, space rental, equipment rental, personal services and management contracts, purchase of a medical practice, referral services, warranties, discounts, employees, group purchasing organizations, and waiver of deductibles and coinsurance.
  • (10) Figures support these concepts and prove their warranty.
  • (11) Manufacturers often provide their own guarantee, while longer-term guarantees and warranties are usually underwritten by a third party, which will be legally required to honour contracts regardless of what has happened to the retailer which originally sold the product.
  • (12) Shanks said Ford sold fewer commercial vehicles in China and spent heavily on engineering and warranty costs.
  • (13) Murrells is looking at is the extended warranties sold by its electricals business.
  • (14) This article discusses these warranties and those cases in which hospitals and doctors have been held liable under them.
  • (15) Solar panels came with long warranties and if you have a problem, the manufacturer should be your first port of call - if you can find them.
  • (16) Note that any dealer will undertake any required warranty work – you don't need to go back to the one who supplied the car.
  • (17) The software also includes files for generator specifications, recalls and pulse generator and lead prices and warranties.
  • (18) Such a move would bring car and home insurance premium tax in line with IPT on travel insurance, and electrical and car warranties.
  • (19) By keeping a low profile and avoiding media or activists' attention, she hoped to sign a simple warranty not to drive, as customary.
  • (20) Remedies for recovery in such a case might be based on a breach of implied warranties, strict liability, or negligence.