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noun
1.
authorization, sanction, or justification.
2.
something that serves to give reliable or formal assurance of something; guarantee, pledge, or security. Synonyms: warranty, surety.
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. Synonyms: permit, voucher, writ, order, chit.
5.
EXPANDLaw. 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.
COLLAPSEa 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; account for: The circumstances warrant such measures. Synonyms: justify, uphold, support, validate, vindicate.
11.
to give one's word for; vouch for (often used with a clause to emphasize something asserted): I'll warrant he did! Synonyms: guarantee, attest, swear.
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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSELaw. to guarantee title of an estate or other granted property (to a grantee).
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Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English warant < Anglo-French; Old French guarant < Germanic; compare Middle Low German warend, -ent warranty, noun use of present participle of waren to warrant; (v.) Middle English < Anglo-French warantir; Old French g(u)arantir, derivative of guarant; see guaranty
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English warant < Anglo-French; Old French guarant < Germanic; compare Middle Low German warend, -ent warranty, noun use of present participle of waren to warrant; (v.) Middle English < Anglo-French warantir; Old French g(u)arantir, derivative of guarant; see guaranty
Related forms
war·rant·less, adjective
non·war·rant·ed, adjective
pre·war·rant, noun, verb (used with object)
qua·si-war·rant·ed, adjective
re·war·rant, verb (used with object)
EXPANDself-war·rant·ing, adjective
un·war·rant·ed, adjective
un·war·rant·ed·ly, adverb
well-war·rant·ed, adjective
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warrant
late 13c., "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 late 14c.; sense of "to guarantee as true" is recorded from c.1300.
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