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Definition warrant

Etymology

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.

Noun

warrant (plural warrants)

1. (obsolete) A defender, a protector.
2. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
3. Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
4. An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
5. (finance) 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.
6. (law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
7. (military) Short for warrant officer.
   1. A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
8. (New Zealand, road transport) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
9. (mining) Underclay in a coal mine.

Verb

warrant (third-person singular simple present warrants, present participle warranting, simple past and past participle warranted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
3. (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
4. (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
5. (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
6. (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

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