warrantee vs warranty :

warrantee or warranty

Confused by the spelling of “guarantee,” people often misspell the related word “warrantee” rather than the correct “warranty.” “Warrantee” is a rare legal term that means “the person to whom a warrant is made.” Although “guarantee” can be a verb (“we guarantee your satisfaction”), “warranty” is not. The rarely used verb form is “to warrant.”

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Definitions
  warrantee
  • n  a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States
  • n  a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given
  • n  a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
  warranty
  • n  a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
News & Articles
  warranty
  • Apple updates Belgian warranty policy as consumer lawsuit proceeds
    Apple has posted to its Belgian website a new policy stating that its warranty period is now two years, up from the previous one year, but a local consumer group suing the company over the issue is withholding judgment for now. The company was sued by Belgian consumer organization Test-Aankoop in January for allegedly presenting consumers with misleading information about warranties. The new ...
    June 13, 2013 - PC World
  • Apple Revises Warranty Policies In Europe To Comply With EU Laws
    ccguy writes "Apple revised its warranty policy in Italy last year after being hit with a €900,000 fine for not complying with an EU-mandated two-year term. The company has today revised the terms of its warranties in France, Germany and Belgium, specifying that customers are entitled to repairs and replacements of their Apple products for a full two years after purchase, and not just one as ...
    June 13, 2013 - Slashdot
  • News: Apple fixes Belgian, French, German warranty policies
    Apple has updated its warranty policy in Belgium to comply with EU law, offering a full two-year statutory warranty, according to a Dutch Apple site (translated link). The company also similarly updated policies in France and Germany. Apple published a document in Dutch, noting the Belgian warranty changes. Previously, Apple had come under fire from a Belgian watchdog group, which filed a ...
    June 13, 2013 - iLounge