implied warranty

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noun

a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).

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Origin of implied warranty

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby implied warranty

implicit function, implicit function theorem, implicitly, implied, implied consent, implied warranty, implode, implore, imploringly, implosion, implosion therapy

Example sentences from the Web for implied warranty

“Call me when the plane leaves the ground,” she said, in a tone that implied she knew her husband well.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In doing so, he implied the obsolescence of that most embedded of British watering holes, the pub.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a duel on a larger scale, with all the uncertainty and danger that implied.
How Clausewitz Invented Modern War|James A. Warren|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“If agencies had to warranty that children are in good health, agencies would shut down,” said adoption attorney Irene Steffas.
Couple Sues Over Russian ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Adoption of Disabled Kids|Tina Traster|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will implied in an interview that Ebola may be airborne.
George Will, Fox News, and the Beginning of an Ebola Conspiracy|Russell Saunders|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be a modest guess that Accadian culture implied a growth of at least ten thousand years.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Their conference was short; but it implied to Louis, that his delegated reign, as well as that of his father, was at an end.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The high rank, the great riches of his father he rather implied than definitely mentioned.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
That was by no means what Garnache had implied; still, since it really expressed his mind, he did not trouble to correct Marius.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Louis would not think twice on the implied suspicions against himself, which every sentence of the letter contained.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

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