warrant (n.)

  1. a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

  2. 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

    [ Syn: stock warrant , stock-purchase warrant ]

  3. formal and explicit approval; a Democrat usually gets the unions endorsement

    [ Syn: sanction , countenance , endorsement , indorsement , imprimatur ]

  4. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

    [ Syn: guarantee , warrantee , warranty ]

    warrant (v.)

  1. show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns; The end justifies the means

    [ Syn: justify ]

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

    [ Syn: guarantee ]

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