Warrant

Quick meaning: Warrant is a noun meaning Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.

Meaning

Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.

More Meanings

1. (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
2. (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
3. (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
4. (military, countable) Ellipsis of warrant officer.
5. (finance, countable) 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. (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
7. (obsolete, countable) A defender, a protector.

Example Sentences

a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success

He almost gives his failings as a warrant for his greatness.

"None. But," said Francesca, hesitatingly, "will not Lord Avonleigh need some warrant for the truth of this history?"

Two years after the first appearance on the London stage by an English actress, a royal warrant of 1660 decreed that women rather than boys were to play all female roles.

Word Forms

• warrants
• warraunt
• warranting
• warranted

Synonyms for warrant

Depending on context, synonyms include allowance, mandate, sanction, authority, authorization, clearance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sanction, guarantee, warranty, endorsement, justify, imprimatur.

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