# warrant

Pronunciation: US say "WAW-ruhnt" /ˈwɔɹənt/; UK/AUS say "WO-ruhnt" /ˈwɒɹənt/

## Noun

1. A judicial document authorizing an officer to carry out a search, seizure, arrest, or the execution of a judgment.
   - Simple: An official paper from a judge that lets police search, take, or arrest someone.
   - _Detectives obtained a warrant to search the suspect's apartment._
   - _The court issued a warrant for the defendant's arrest after she missed the hearing._
3. Authorization, approval, or sanction for an action, especially as granted by someone in a position of authority.
   - Simple: Official permission or approval, given by someone in charge.
   - _The manager acted without warrant when she canceled the contract._
   - _Such drastic measures require clear warrant from senior leadership._
5. Anything that serves to guarantee, prove, or confirm something, giving a person grounds for confidence in it.
   - Simple: Something that gives proof or a strong promise that something is true.
   - _Her long experience was warrant enough of her competence._
   - _A signed contract serves as a warrant of both parties' intentions._
8. An order serving as authorization, especially a voucher that authorizes the payment or receipt of money.
   - Simple: An official order, often one that allows money to be paid out.
   - _The treasury issued a warrant authorizing the contractor's final payment._
   - _Each warrant must be countersigned before funds are released._
9. A security, usually issued together with another and lasting more than a year, that grants the right to buy further securities from the issuer.
   - Simple: A paper from a company that lets you buy its shares later at a set price.
   - _Investors exercised the warrant to buy additional shares below market price._
   - _The company issued bonds with a warrant attached to attract buyers._
10. Ellipsis of warrant officer. — Ellipsis of warrant officer.
   - Simple: Short form of warrant officer. Used for a kind of officer in the armed forces.
   - _The warrant briefed the platoon before deployment._
   - _Several warrants attended the promotion ceremony._
11. An official certificate of appointment that confers the rank of warrant officer.
   - Simple: An official paper that gives someone the rank of warrant officer.
   - _She received her warrant after years of dedicated service._
   - _The commander presented each warrant during the formal parade._
12. A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets set standards of mechanical soundness and safety. *(New Zealand)*
   - Simple: An official paper showing that a car is safe and works properly.
   - _The car failed its warrant because of worn brake pads._
   - _You cannot register the vehicle without a current warrant._
13. The layer of underclay that lies directly beneath a seam of coal in a mine.
   - Simple: A layer of soft clay found under coal in a mine.
   - _Beneath the coal, the miners struck a band of warrant._
   - _The warrant proved too soft to support the tunnel roof._

## Verb

2. To serve as sufficient reason for; to justify or call for some action or response.
   - Simple: To be a good enough reason for something.
   - _The evidence does not warrant such a serious accusation._
   - _These symptoms warrant a closer examination by a specialist._
4. To grant someone the official sanction or authority needed to carry out a particular action.
   - Simple: To give someone official permission to do something.
   - _The charter warrants the council to levy local taxes._
   - _Only the board can warrant a manager to approve such spending._
6. To declare something to be true with confidence; in colloquial use, to feel strongly sure of it.
   - Simple: To say firmly that something is true.
   - _I warrant you he will arrive before noon._
   - _She warranted that the report contained no errors._
7. To guarantee that something is of a specified quality, value, or condition.
   - Simple: To promise that something is of a certain quality or value.
   - _The dealer warrants each car to be free of major defects._
   - _No honest jeweler will warrant a stone to be a real diamond before testing it._

## Noun

14. Someone who serves as a defender or protector of another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person who keeps someone safe and protects them.

## Verb

15. To keep someone or something safe from danger; to protect. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To keep someone safe from harm.
   - _The knight swore to warrant the lady from every peril._
   - _Stout armor warranted him from the enemy's arrows._
16. To give someone an assurance or guarantee of something, sometimes with a double object. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To promise someone that something is true or sure.
   - _I warrant you my full support in the matter._
   - _The lord warranted the tenants their ancient rights._

## Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English warant ("protector; protection"), which came through Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French from Old French guarant ("assurance, guarantee; authorization; protector"), ultimately from Frankish *warand, the present participle of *warjan ("to fend off; to stop, thwart"); it is cognate with Old High German werento ("guarantor"). The verb comes from Middle English warrant, waranten ("to give protection; to assure; to guarantee"), a Romance formation built on the same noun.

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