Definitions of Warrant [ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr-]

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Definition of 'Warrant'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) warrant
authorization, sanction, or justification.

2.  warrant
something that serves to give formal assurance of something; a guarantee.

3.  warrant
something regarded as offering a guarantee or positive assurance of a thing:
The cavalry and artillery were sure warrants of success.

4.  warrant
a document certifying or authorizing something, as a receipt or license.

5.  warrant
Law. an instrument authorizing an officer to make an arrest, search or seize property, etc.

6.  warrant
the certificate of authority issued to an officer of the armed forces immediately below the rank of a commissioned officer.

7.  warrant
a written authorization for the payment or receipt of money.

8. (v.t.) warrant
to authorize.

9.  warrant
to give reason or sanction for; justify:
Circumstances warrant such measures.

10.  warrant
to vouch for (often used with a clause) :
I'll warrant he did!

11.  warrant
to give a formal assurance to or for; guarantee:
to warrant payment.

12.  warrant
to guarantee the quantity, quality, and other representations of (a product), as to a purchaser.

13.  warrant
to assure indemnification against loss to.

14.  warrant
Law. to guarantee title of property to (a grantee).

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME warant < AF; OF guarant < Gmc; cf. MLG warend, -ent warranty, n. use of prp. of waren to warrant; cf. guaranty)

Definition of 'Warrant'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) warrant
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

2. (noun) warrant, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant
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"

3. (noun) sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur
formal and explicit approval
"a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

4. (verb) guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

5. (verb) justify, warrant
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
"The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

6. (verb) guarantee, warrant
stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
"The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"

Definition of 'Warrant'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) warrant
a legal document giving permission to search private property
You can't come in without a warrant.

Definition of 'Warrant'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Warrant
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

2. (noun) Warrant
a writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing

3. (noun) Warrant
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

4. (noun) Warrant
an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below

5. (noun) Warrant
that which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security

6. (noun) Warrant
that which attests or proves; a voucher

7. (noun) Warrant
right; legality; allowance

8. (noun) Warrant
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

9. (noun) Warrant
to support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it

10. (noun) Warrant
to give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to

11. (noun) Warrant
to secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure

12. (noun) Warrant
to secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss

13. (noun) Warrant
to secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2

14. (noun) Warrant
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

Translation of 'Warrant'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to justify A slight cold does not warrant your staying off work.
Afrikaans: verskoon	Arabic: يُبَرِّر، يُجيز	Bulgarian: основание
Brazilian: justificar	Czech: ospravedlnit	German: rechtfertigen
Danish: berettige	Greek: δικαιολογώ, δίνω το δικαί	Spanish: justificar
Estonian: õigustama	Farsi: حكم كتبي	Finnish: oikeuttaa
French: justifier	Hebrew: לְהַצדִיק	Hindi: औचित्य
Croatian: nalog	Hungarian: indokol	Indonesian: memberi pembenaran, mengh
Icelandic: réttlæta	Italian: giustificare	Japanese: 正当化する
Korean: 정당화하다	Lithuanian: pateisinti	Latvian: attaisnot
Malay: mewajarkan	Dutch: rechtvaardigen	Norwegian: gi rett til, berettige ti
Polish: usprawiedliwiać	Portuguese: justificar	Romanian: a justifica
Russian: оправдывать	Slovak: ospravedlniť	Slovenian: upravičiti
Serbian: opravdati	Swedish: berättiga, rättfärdiga	Thai: ให้เหตุผล; รับรอง; รับประ
Turkish: haklı kılmak, hak kazandı	Taiwanese: 足以成為…理由，合理化	Ukrainian: виправдовувати
Urdu: وجہ جواز ہونا	Vietnamese: biện hộ	Chinese: （做某事的）正当理由，成为...的根据
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