warrant

Plural: warrants

Noun

a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
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"
formal and explicit approval
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
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.
A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
Ellipsis of warrant officer.
Ellipsis of warrant officer.
A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
A defender, a protector.
Underclay in a coal mine.

Verb

Verb Forms: warranted, warranting, warrants

To justify, authorize, or guarantee something.
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"
stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
- "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"
- "I warrant this information"
To protect, keep safe (from danger).
To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
To justify; to give grounds for.

Examples

a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success
an arrest warrant issued by the court
Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.
His current score didn’t warrant such a risky, high-point play in Scrabble.
I am warranted to search these premises fully.
That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

countenance, endorsement, guarantee, imprimatur, indorsement, justify, sanction, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant, warrantee, warranty, warren earth

Scrabble Score: 10

warrant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
warrant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
warrant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

warrant: valid Words With Friends Word