warrant

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒɹənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹənt/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈwɑɹənt/ Rhymes: -ɒɹənt Hyphenation: war‧rant === Noun === warrant (countable and uncountable, plural warrants) Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior. Synonyms: allowance, mandate, sanction; see also Thesaurus:permission (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof. (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money. (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. (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment. (military, countable) Ellipsis of warrant officer. (countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer. (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness. (obsolete, countable) A defender, a protector. (mining, uncountable) Underclay in a coal mine. Synonym: warren earth ==== Alternative forms ==== warraunt (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 窩輪 / 窝轮 (wo1 leon4-2), 花令 → Italian: warrant → Malay: waran ==== Translations ==== === Verb === warrant (third-person singular simple present warrants, present participle warranting, simple past and past participle warranted) (transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger). (transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something). (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.). (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly. (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something). (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for. ==== Derived terms ==== warranted (adjective) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === warrant (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia warrant (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia warrant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English warrant. === Pronunciation === === Noun === warrant m (plural warrants) (finance) warrant === Further reading === “warrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English warrant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɔr.rant/ Rhymes: -ɔrrant === Noun === warrant m (invariable) warrant (document or certificate) === References ===