warrant
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Noun 4 meanings
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
“a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success”
An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
“That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant.”
To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
“I am warranted to search these premises fully.”
To justify; to give grounds for.
“Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.”
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”).
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WARRANT at a glance
WARRANT has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (W 4 + A 1 + R 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,724 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with warrant
All rhymes- WANT7
- IMPORTANT13
- SIGNIFICANT17
- MEANT7
- PLANT7
- ASSISTANT9
- RESTAURANT10
- GRANT6
- GIANT6
- RELEVANT11
- PREGNANT11
- BRILLIANT11
One letter away
- FARRANT10
- WARRAND11
- WARRANS10
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