Usually means: Provide response or solution to.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word answer for:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. answer for, answer for (someone), answer for (something): Merriam-Webster
  2. answer for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. answer for: Collins English Dictionary
  4. answer for: Vocabulary.com
  5. answer for: Wiktionary
  6. answer for: Dictionary.com
  7. answer for: Rhymezone
  8. answer for: FreeDictionary.org
  9. answer for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. answer for: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. answer for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. answer for: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. answer for: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. answer for: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (answer for)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something.
verb:  (transitive) To guarantee.
verb:  (transitive) To vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone).
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, for.

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