Warrant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɔːrənt|  American pronunciation of the word warrant
Brit.  |ˈwɒr(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word warrant

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 (syn: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction)
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications (syn: guarantee, warrantee, warranty)

verb

- provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)
The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of (syn: guarantee)
The dealer warrants all the cars he sells
I warrant this information

Extra examples

The police had a warrant for his arrest.

There was no warrant for such behavior.

The writing was poor, but it hardly warrants that kind of insulting criticism.

The punishment he received was not warranted.

The police have a warrant to search the house.

Nothing warranted his behaving like that.

I warrant, man, that we shall bring you round.

I cannot warrant the coins to be genuine.

The magistrate issued a warrant for his arrest.

The company issued warrants for 300,000 shares.

This tiny crowd does not warrant such a large police presence.

Another area that warrants attention is that of funding for universities.

The Author hereby warrants that the Publisher is the owner of the copyright.

He has no warrant for saying so.

There is no warrant for such a belief.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: warrant
he/she/it: warrants
present participle: warranting
past tense: warranted
past participle: warranted
noun
singular: warrant
plural: warrants
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