warrant.
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Meaning & usage
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success
An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
an arrest warrant issued by the court
Ellipsis of warrant officer.
Ellipsis of warrant officer. A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
A defender, a protector.
Underclay in a coal mine.
Where this word comes from
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.
To protect, keep safe (from danger).
To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant.
To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
I am warranted to search these premises fully.
To justify; to give grounds for.
Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.
Where this word comes from
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.
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