answer for

answer for
Synonyms and related words:
accept obligation, accept the responsibility, act for, agree to, appear for, back up, be accepted for, be answerable for, be regarded as, be responsible for, be security for, be sponsor for, be taken as, bind, commission, commit, contract, count for, deputize, engage, front for, go as, go bail for, go for, have an understanding, obligate, pass as, pass for, pinch-hit for, represent, serve as, shake hands on, speak for, sponsor, stand in for, stand sponsor for, substitute for, take the blame, take the vows, understudy, undertake

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  • answer for — {v.} 1. To take responsibility for; assume charge or supervision of. * /The secret service has to answer for the safety of the President and his family./ 2. To say you are sure that (someone) has good character or ability; guarantee: sponsor. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • answer for — {v.} 1. To take responsibility for; assume charge or supervision of. * /The secret service has to answer for the safety of the President and his family./ 2. To say you are sure that (someone) has good character or ability; guarantee: sponsor. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Something to Answer For — Infobox Book | name = Something to Answer For title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = P. H. Newby illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = Faber Faber release… …   Wikipedia

  • Answer — An swer, v. i. 1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response. [1913 Webster] There was no voice, nor any that answered. 1 Kings xviii. 26. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a satisfactory response or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • answer — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English andswaru (akin to Old Norse andsvar answer); akin to Old English and against, swerian to swear more at ante Date: before 12th century 1. a. something spoken or written in reply to a question b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Answer set programming — (ASP) is a form of declarative programming oriented towards difficult (primarily NP hard) search problems. It is based on the stable model (answer set) semantics of logic programming. In ASP, search problems are reduced to computing stable models …   Wikipedia

  • Answer — An swer ([a^]n s[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered} ([a^]n s[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ANSWER Me! — For the song, see Answer Me. ANSWER Me! is a discontinued magazine which was edited by Jim and Debbie Goad and published between 1991 and 1994. Extremely misanthropic in its editorial content, it focused on the social pathologies of interest to… …   Wikipedia

  • Answer supervision — is a term in telephony, describing a situation whereby the called party indicates to the central office that the call is being answered by the called party. by allowing loop current to flow in the line.OverviewCAS E M Signaling BasicsFor digital… …   Wikipedia

  • Answer — An swer, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. [root]177, 196. See {Anti }, and {Swear}, and cf. 1st {un }.] 1. A reply to a charge; a defense. [1913 Webster] At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Answer tone — is a feature of wireline modems.The answer tone is the first signal sent by the answering modem after the billing delay. In its most basic form, it is a single continuous tone with a frequency of 2100 Hz (or 2225 Hz for Bell modes). It is the… …   Wikipedia

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