warrant
1. a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts (Freq. 2)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
writ, judicial writ
• Hyponyms:
search warrant, bench warrant, arrest warrant, death warrant, cachet,
lettre de cachet, reprieve, commutation, pardon, amnesty
2. 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
• Syn:
stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant
• Hypernyms:
security, surety
• Hyponyms:
perpetual warrant, subscription warrant
3. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
• Syn:
guarantee, warrantee, warranty
• Derivationally related forms:
guarantee (for: guarantee)
• Hypernyms:
assurance, pledge
• Hyponyms:
security, surety, deposit, stock warrant
4. formal and explicit approval
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
• Syn:
sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, imprimatur
• Derivationally related forms:
indorse (for: indorsement), endorse (for: endorsement), countenance (for: countenance), sanction (for: sanction)
• Hypernyms:
approval, commendation
• Hyponyms:
O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh,
visa, nihil obstat
1. show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for (Freq. 12)
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
• Syn:
justify
• Derivationally related forms:
justificative (for: justify), justificatory (for: justify), justifiable (for: justify), justification (for: justify)
• Hypernyms:
confirm, reassert
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of
- The dealer warrants all the cars he sells
- I warrant this information
• Syn:
guarantee
• Derivationally related forms:
warrantee, warrantor, warranter, guarantee (for: guarantee), guarantor (for: guarantee)
• Hypernyms:
back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
• Hyponyms:
cover, insure, underwrite, certify, endorse, indorse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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