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war⋅rant
[wawr-uh
nt, wor-] 
–noun
| 1. | authorization, sanction, or justification. |
| 2. | something that serves to give reliable or formal assurance of something; guarantee, pledge, or security. |
| 3. | something considered as having the force of a guarantee or as being positive assurance of a thing: The cavalry and artillery were considered sure warrants of success. |
| 4. | a writing or document certifying or authorizing something, as a receipt, license, or commission. |
| 5. | Law. an instrument, issued by a magistrate, authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seize property, make a search, or carry a judgment into execution. |
| 6. | the certificate of authority or appointment issued to an officer of the armed forces below the rank of a commissioned officer. |
| 7. | a warehouse receipt. |
| 8. | a written authorization for the payment or receipt of money: a treasury warrant. |
–verb (used with object)
| 9. | to give authority to; authorize. |
| 10. | to give reason or sanction for; justify: The circumstances warrant such measures. |
| 11. | to give one's word for; vouch for (often used with a clause to emphasize something asserted): I'll warrant he did! |
| 12. | to give a formal assurance, or a guarantee or promise, to or for; guarantee: to warrant someone honorable treatment; to warrant payment; to warrant safe delivery. |
| 13. | to guarantee the quantity, quality, and other representations of (an article, product, etc.), as to a purchaser. |
| 14. | to guarantee or secure title to (the purchaser of goods); assure indemnification against loss to. |
| 15. | Law. to guarantee title of an estate or other granted property (to a grantee). |
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME warant < AF; OF guarant < Gmc; cf. MLG warend, -ent warranty, n. use of prp. of waren to warrant; (v.) ME < AF warantir; OF g(u)arantir, deriv. of guarant; see guaranty
1175–1225; (n.) ME warant < AF; OF guarant < Gmc; cf. MLG warend, -ent warranty, n. use of prp. of waren to warrant; (v.) ME < AF warantir; OF g(u)arantir, deriv. of guarant; see guaranty
Related forms:
war⋅rant⋅less, adjective
Synonyms:
2. warranty, surety. 4. permit, voucher, writ, order, chit. 11. guarantee, attest.
2. warranty, surety. 4. permit, voucher, writ, order, chit. 11. guarantee, attest.
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| war·rant (wôr'ənt, wŏr'-) n.
[Middle English warant, from Old North French, of Germanic origin; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.] war'rant·a·bil'i·ty, war'rant·a·ble·ness n., war'rant·a·ble adj., war'rant·a·bly adv., war'rant·less adj. |
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Warrant
War"rant\, n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, fr. OHG. wer[=e]n to grant, warrant, G. gew["a]hren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee.]1. 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. Specifically: (a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. (b) (Law) 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. (c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below. 2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. I give thee warrant of thy place. --Shak. His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak. 3. That which attests or proves; a voucher. 4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak. Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary. Dock warrant (Com.), a customhouse license or authority. General warrant. (Law) See under General. Land warrant. See under Land. Search warrant. (Law) See under Search, n. Warrant of attorney (Law), written authority given by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him; specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of some specified person. --Bouvier. Warrant officer, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy. Warrant to sue and defend. (a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him. (b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. --Burrill.Warrant
War"rant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Warranting.] [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. warant, garant, guarant, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. garant. [root]142. See Warrant, n.]1. 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. That show I first my body to warrant. --Chaucer. I'll warrant him from drowning. --Shak. In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. --Milton. 2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. --Addison. How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. --Hawthorne. 3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. [My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. --L' Estrange. 4. (Law) (a) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. (b) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. (d) 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.
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Language Translation for : warrant
Spanish:
justificar,
German:
rechtfertigen,
Japanese:
正当化する
warrant (n.)
c.1225, "protector, defender," from O.N.Fr. warant (O.Fr. guarant), from Frankish *warand (cf. O.H.G. weren "to authorize, warrant," Ger. gewähren "to grant"), from P.Gmc. *war- "to warn, guard, protect," perhaps from PIE base *wer- "to cover" (cf. L. vereri "to observe with awe, revere, respect, fear;" Gk. ouros "watchman," horan "to see;" Hitt. werite- "to see;" see weir). Sense evolved via notion of "permission from a superior which protects one from blame or responsibility" (c.1300) to "document conveying authority" (c.1513). A warrant office in the military is one who holds office by warrant, rather than by commission.
warrant (v.)
1275, "to keep safe from danger," from O.N.Fr. warantir (O.Fr. guarantir), from warant (see warrant (n.)). Meaning "to guarantee to be of quality" is attested from 1387; sense of "to guarantee as true" is recorded from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Warrant
A derivative security that gives the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specific price within a certain time frame. Warrants are often included in a new debt issue as a "sweetener" to entice investors.
Investopedia Commentary
The main difference between warrants and call options is that warrants are issued and guaranteed by the company, whereas options are exchange instruments and are not issued by the company. Also, the lifetime of a warrant is often measured in years, while the lifetime of a typical option is measured in months.
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warrant
- A security that permits its owner to purchase a specific number of shares of stock at a predetermined price. For example, a warrant may give an investor the right to purchase 5 shares of XYZ common stock at a price of $25 per share until October 1, 2007. Warrants usually originate as part of a new bond issue, but they trade separately after issuance. Warrants usually have limited lives. Their values are considerably more volatile than the values of the underlying stock. Thus, investment in warrants is not for the timid. Also called equity warrant, stock warrant, subscription warrant. See also debt warrant, perpetual warrant, usable bond.
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Main Entry: war·rant
Pronunciation: 'wor-&nt, 'wär-
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin
1 : WARRANTY 2
2 : a commission or document giving authority to do something: as a : an order from one person (as an official) to another to pay public funds to a designated person b : a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice warrant of arrest>
administrative warrant
: a warrant (as for an administrative search) issued by a judge upon application of an administrative agency
anticipatory search warrant
: a search warrant that is issued on the basis of an affidavit showing probable cause that there will be certain evidence at a specific location at a future time called also anticipatory warrant
arrest warrant
: a warrant issued to a law enforcement officer ordering the officer to arrest and bring the person named in the warrant before the court or a magistrate
NOTE: A criminal arrest warrant must be issued based upon probable cause. Not all arrests require an arrest warrant.
bench warrant
: a warrant issued by a judge for the arrest of a person who is in contempt of court or indicted
death warrant
: a warrant issued to a warden or other prison official to carry out a sentence of death
dis·pos·ses·so·ry warrant
/"dis-p&-'ze-s&-rE-/
: a warrant issued to evict someone (as a lessee) from real property —used esp. in Georgia
distress warrant
: a warrant ordering the distress of property and specifying which items of property are to be distrained
extradition warrant
: a warrant for the extradition of a fugitive; specifically : RENDITION WARRANT in this entry
fugitive warrant
: an arrest warrant issued in one jurisdiction for someone who is a fugitive from another jurisdiction called also fugitive from justice warrant
general warrant
: a warrant that is unconstitutional because it fails to state with sufficient particularity the place or person to be searched or things to be seized
no–knock search warrant
: a search warrant allowing law enforcement officers to enter premises without prior announcement in order to prevent destruction of evidence (as illegal drugs) or harm to the officers —compare EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
rendition warrant
: a warrant issued by an official (as a governor) in one jurisdiction (as a state) for the extradition of a fugitive in that jurisdiction to another that is requesting the extradition
search warrant
: a warrant authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a place (as a house or vehicle) or person and usually also to seize evidence called also search and seizure warrant
NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that a search warrant for a criminal investigation be issued only upon a showing of probable cause, as established usually by a sworn affidavit. The search warrant has to specify the premises and persons to be searched as well as what is being searched for. Not all searches require a search warrant. Warrantless searches are permitted when they are of a kind that the courts have found to be reasonable (as by being limited) or when they are prompted by a level of suspicion or belief (as reasonable suspicion or probable cause) that is consistent with the level of intrusion of the search. Some searches have been found to be so intrusive that a court hearing is required before the search is permitted.
3 a : a short-term obligation of a governmental body (as a municipality) issued in anticipation of revenue b : an instrument issued by a corporation giving to the holder the right to purchase the capital stock of the corporation at a stated price either prior to a stipulated date or at any future time
Main Entry: warrant
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Anglo-French warentir garantir, from garant protector, guarantor
1 : to guarantee esp. by giving assurances that make one liable or responsible: as a : to give a warranty (as of title) to b : to protect or assure by warranty
2 a : to authorize by a warrant warranted search> b : to serve as or give adequate reason or authorization for <warranted the awarding of attorney's fees>
3 : to give proof of the authenticity or truth of warranted statement>
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