Meaning of 'warrant' (Webster Dictionary)
- That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving
authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or
obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something
which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument
investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from
loss or damage; commission; authority.
- A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or
other thing.
- A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to
make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to
the administration of justice.
- An official certificate of appointment issued to an
officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer,
below.
- That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty;
security.
- That which attests or proves; a voucher.
- Right; legality; allowance.
- To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to
guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to
do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved
harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.
- To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain;
to sanction; as, reason warrants it.
- To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by
giving a warrant to.
- To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
- To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the
same; to indemnify against loss.
- To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of
the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.
- To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to
engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be,
which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by
it.
Meaning of 'warrant' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- formal and explicit approval
Example in sentence:- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
Meaning (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
Example in sentence:- as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities
Meaning (3):
- stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
Example in sentence:- I warrant this information;
- The dealer warrants all the cars he sells
Meaning (4):
- provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)
Example in sentence:- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
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