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warrant

war·rant

UK/ˈwɒɹənt/ US/ˈwɔɹənt/ common
verb (2) noun (4)

verb

1.

show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for

  • “The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns”
  • “The end justifies the means”
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2.

stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

  • “The dealer warrants all the cars he sells”
  • “I warrant this information”
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noun

1.
2.

a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price

  • “as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities”
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3.

formal and explicit approval

  • “a Democrat usually gets the union”
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4.

a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

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Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English warant (“protector; guard, shield, protection”), from Anglo-Norman warrant, Old Northern French warant, warand, a variant of Old French guarant, garant, garand (“assurance, guarantee; authorization, permission; protector; protection, safety”) (modern French garant), from Frankish *warand, present participle of *warjan (“to fend off; to stop, thwart”). The word is cognate with Old High German werento (“guarantor”). The verb is derived from Middle English warrant, waranten (“to give protection; to protect, shield; to assure, pledge, promise; to guarantee”), from Anglo-Norman warantir, warandir, warentir, and Old Northern French warandir, warantir, variant forms of Old French guarantir (“to protect”) (modern French garantir), a Romance formation from the noun guarant: see above.

Phrases

  • arrest warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • bench warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • death warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • detention warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • dock warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • fugie warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • general warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)
  • imprisonment warrant Terms derived from warrant (noun)

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