Warrant

Definition: Warrant

Warrant

Noun

1. A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts.

2. Formal and explicit approval.

3. A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications.

Verb

1. Show to be reasonable.

2. Stand behind.

Date "warrant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Domain	Definition
Business	An instrument issued by warehousekeepers, licensed by the state to traders who deposit goods with them. One part, the "warrant" is a pledge paper which, detached from the "récépissé", can be used to obtain credit. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream that a warrant is being served on you, denotes that you will engage in some important work which will give you great uneasiness as to its standing and profits. To see a warrant served on some one else, there will be danger of your actions bringing you into fatal quarrels or misunderstandings. You are likely to be justly indignant with the wantonness of some friend. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Energy	A seller's guarantee to purchaser thatproduct is what it is represented to be and, if it is not, that it will be repaired orreplaced. Within the context of vehicles, refers to an engine manufacturer'sguarantee that the engine will meet "certified" engine standards at 50,000 miles orthe engine will be replaced. Retrofits may generally void an engine warranty. (references)
Finance	An instrument which gives the holder the right to purchase a number of shares of common stock or bonds at a stipulated price until the warrant's expiry date. They may be settled by the delivery of the securities themselves or their equivalent in cash. Source: European Union. (references)
	(1) a certificate giving the holder the right to purchase securities at a stated price within a specified time period. (2) a written order, signed by a magistrate in the name of the government directing an officer to make an arrest. (references)
Law	An act, instrument, or obligation by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do and thus secures him from loss and damage. Source: European Union. (references)
	A written order directing the arrest of a party. A search warrant orders that a specific location be searched for items, which if found, can be used in court as evidence. (references)
Mining	A. A general term for the clay floors of coal seams, particularly when hard and tough. See also:underclay b. The document of title to metal stored in an LME registered warehouse. The warrant is a bearer instrument and states the brand of metal, itsweight, the number of pieces, and the rent payable. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
war.	English	Warrant	Law
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Warrant

Synonyms: countenance (n), endorsement (n), imprimatur (n), sanction (n), warranty (n), guarantee (v), justify (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.
Authority	Verb: authorize; (permit); warrant; (right); dictate; (order).
Command	Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).
Dueness	Sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant; (permission);sanction, authority, warranty, charter; warrant; (permission); constitution; (law); tenure; bond; (security).
Evidence	Admission; (assent); authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket; testamur; record; document; pi
	Indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant.
Money	Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster.
Permission	Permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.
	Grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust; (commission).
Possession	Futures contract, warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal.
Promise	Assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant; attest; (bear witness).
Security	Guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure; accept, indorse, underwrite, insure;cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor.
	Authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet; record; probate, attested copy.
Vindication	Verb: justify, warrant; be an excuse; n.for; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate; acquit; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of.
	Noun: vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal; whitewashing.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Alicia, does our relationship warrant long-term commitment (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Wonderful But tomorrow morning, if you should wake out of your dreams and hear a knock, and the door opens, and there, instead of a maid with a breakfast tray, stands a policeman with a warrant, then you'll be glad you are alone (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) Have you got some kind of warrant for this (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.) He'd sign his own death warrant if I placed it in front of him. (The Hill; writing credit: Ray Rigby; R.S. Allen) You can't just go to somebody's mountain without a warrant! (Dr. Phibes Rises Again; writing credit: Robert Fuest; Robert Blees)
Movie/TV Titles	The Imperial Warrant (1968) Warrant (1961) The Warrant (1911) Death Warrant (1990) Warrant (1975)
Song Titles	Heaven (performing artist: Warrant)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Warrant to Kill: A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer Cop (reference) Death Warrant (reference) The Irish Ritual of Craft Freemasonry: As Worked Under Warrant of the Grand Lodge of Ireland (reference) Travel warrant (reference) Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Death Warrant (reference) The Jean-Claude Van Damme Collection (Cyborg / Death Warrant / Double Impact) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Best of Warrant [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Overhead Projector Closed Dbl Head 2200lumens Enxlamp 3yr Warrant (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	On board USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), 1906. Cropped from Photo # NH 97948. Others present include (as numbered and identified on the original print): 13. Surgeon Moulton K. Johnson; 14. Lieutenant Duncan M. Wood; 15. Lieutenant George K. Pettengill; 16. Ensign David A. Weaver; 21. unidentified Warrant Officer; 23. Boatswain John P. Judge. Credit: NAVY.		Photographed 17 March 1944. They are (bottom row, left to right): Ensign James E. Hare, USNR; Ensign Samuel E. Barnes, USNR; Ensign George C. Cooper, USNR; Ensign William S. White, USNR; Ensign Dennis D. Nelson, USNR; (middle row, left to right): Ensign Graham E. Martin, USNR; Warrant Officer Charles B. Lear, USNR; Ensign Phillip G. Barnes, USNR; Ensign Reginald E. Goodwin, USNR; (top row, left to right): Ensign John W. Reagan, USNR; Ensign Jesse W. Arbor, USNR; Ensign Dalton L. Baugh, USNR; Ensign Frank E. Sublett, USNR. Credit: NAVY.
	Ship's Midshipmen posed on deck with a Warrant Officer, 1898. Published on a stereograph card by J.F. Jarvis, Washington, D.C., in 1898. Credit: NAVY.		Robin reached softly into his bosom and took out the warrant. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Washington, D.C. Gen. John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant to the conspirators on the scaffold. Credit: Library of Congress.		Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training tation. Two of the ranking Negro officers at the Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station are coxswain Paul L. Perkins, drill commander of Company 24, and Boatswain and Warrant Officer Clarence Samuels is also a me. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pea picker's home. The condition of these people warrant resettlement camps for migrant agricultural workers. Nipomo, California. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
John Locke	One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	Moreover, for all those possessions, from which anyone has, without the lawful judgment of his peers, been disseised or removed, by our father, King Henry, or by our brother, King Richard, and which we retain in our hand (or which as possessed by others, to whom we are bound to warrant them) we shall have respite until the usual term of crusaders; excepting those things about which a plea has been raised, or an inquest made by our order, before our taking of the cross; but as soon as we return from the expedition, we will immediately grant full justice therein. (reference)
John Locke	1690	He that hath authority to seize my person in the street, may be opposed as a thief and a robber, if he endeavours to break into my house to execute a writ, notwithstanding that I know he has such a warrant, and such a legal authority, as will impower him to arrest me abroad. (Second Treatise of Government)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The personnel of the German Navy shall be recruited entirely by voluntary engagements entered into for a minimum period of twenty-five consecutive years for officers and warrant officers; twelve consecutive years for petty officers and men. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	Madam Hester would have winced at that, I warrant me.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Javert was just rising when the courier brought him the warrant and order of arrest
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	We are, my lord, and come to have the warrant, That we may be admitted where he is.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I think that I may warrant you one worm to every three sods you turn up, if you look well in among the roots of the grass, as if you were weeding
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These are the symptoms that warrant therapy. (references)
		There is sufficient evidence to warrant screening programs for melanoma in the United States. (references)
		The mechanisms of the development of these cells are still unclear and warrant further exploration. (references)
Business		Icon Group does not promise or warrant that we will obtain information from any particular independent source. (references)
		It included fixed costs, such as the licensing fee, warrant of fitness, depreciation and insurance, running costs such as petrol, oil, tires, repairs and maintenance. (references)
Children	Guatemala	On December 12, 2000, the prosecutor requested that Judge Cecilia Isabel Paiz issue an arrest warrant for Barrientos on rape charges. (references)
Civil Liberties	Pakistan	No warrant is required to seize such material. (references)
	Russia	On May 22, police arrested Kitova again; the arresting officers presented neither identification nor a warrant for her arrest. (references)
Economic History	San Marino	If they warrant it, judicial proceedings against the ex-head(s) of state can be initiated. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Particularly, two schemes warrant close attention: sub-leasing and support of the U.S. company's bank. (references)
	Bangladesh	Due to inefficiencies in the market, the price level for most products is higher in Bangladesh than demand and supply conditions would warrant. (references)
Human Rights	Haiti	His May 26 arrest was based on the same 1995 warrant. (references)
	Bangladesh	In addition the SPA permits searches without a warrant. (references)
	Mozambique	By law police need a warrant to enter homes and businesses. (references)
Indigenous People	Chile	On July 25, in Temuco between 500 and 1,000 persons protested the arraignment of indigenous people accused of illegal land seizures and the execution of a search warrant and confiscation of evidence in the offices of an indigenous activist organization. (references)
Political Economy	Sudan	In June 2000, a group of 12 armed police entered the priests' residence of the Catholic Comboni College secondary school with a warrant to search for illegal immigrants and foreign currency. (references)
Political Rights	Angola	In 1999 the Government declared Savimbi a war criminal and issued a warrant for his arrest; the warrant remained outstanding at year's end. (references)
Trade	Spain	Trading on credit is permitted and new hedging instruments, index and warrant options are available. (references)
	Italy	As a member of the G-7, Italy as a market for U.S. exporters does not warrant any special USG credit assistance. (references)
Women	South Africa	The law defines victims of domestic violence, facilitates the serving of protection orders on abusers, requires the police to take victims to a place of safety, and allows police to seize firearms at the scene and arrest abusers without a warrant. (references)
Worker Rights	Guatemala	One arrest warrant was issued against the Mayor of Tumbador, San Marcos Province, Fredy Radinel Vasquez Orozco. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Buchanan	1857-1861	The natural mode of relief from this embarrassment is to appropriate the surplus in the Treasury to great national objects for which a clear warrant can be found in the Constitution.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	I consider the progress toward multilateral trade which will be achieved by this agreement to be in itself sufficient warrant for the credit.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Warrant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.06% of the time. "Warrant" is used about 1,034 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	64.06%	662	9,909
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	26.67%	276	17,631
Lexical Verb (base form)	7.34%	76	38,217
Noun (proper)	1.93%	20	78,262
Total	100.00%	1,034	N/A

Expressions using "warrant": arrest warrant ♦ bench warrant ♦ bond carrying a warrant ♦ bond with warrant ♦ bond with warrant attached ♦ chief warrant officer ♦ court proceedings for issue of arrest warrant ♦ customs warrant ♦ death warrant ♦ debenture with warrant ♦ dividend warrant ♦ divident warrant ♦ Dock warrant ♦ exemption warrant ♦ General warrant ♦ Governor General's warrant ♦ honorary chief warrant officer ♦ I'll warrant you ♦ issue a warrant against ♦ Land warrant ♦ promotion warrant ♦ put warrant ♦ puttable warrant ♦ redeemable warrant ♦ search warrant ♦ share warrant ♦ sign one's death warrant ♦ stock purchase warrant ♦ stock warrant ♦ To back a warrant ♦ To serve a warrant ♦ travel warrant ♦ warehouse warrant ♦ warrant bond ♦ warrant for arrest ♦ warrant into government securities ♦ warrant issue ♦ warrant of apprehension ♦ warrant of arrest ♦ warrant of attachment ♦ warrant of attorney ♦ warrant officer ♦ warrant to arrest ♦ warrant to sue and defend ♦ you have no warrant for what you do. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "warrant": warrant-bond, warrant-card, warrant-holders, warrant-less, Warrant-officer.
	Ending with "warrant": death-warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "warrant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		waarborg (guarantee). (various references)

Albanian		urdhër (behest, bidding, command, commandment, decoration, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, injunction, mandate, order, prescript, prescription, word), siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, win), përligjje (excuse, justification, vindication), përligj (legitimate, legitimize, sanctify, vindicate), miratim (acceptance, acclamation, adoption, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, Favor, favour, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, leave, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation), mandat (authorization, commission, mandate, order), justifikoj (defend, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, justify, not fail to), justifikim (alibi, allowance, defence, defense, exculpation, excuse, extenuation, justification, plea), garantoj (assure, avouch, back, certify, ensure, Gage, give a guarantee, guarantee, safeguard against, vouch), garanci (assurance, bail, cover, earnest, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pawn, pledge, recognizance, surety, warranty), e drejtë (access, admittance, authority, business, call, direct, justice, law, right, title, warranty), dëftesë (acknowledgement, note, policy, quittance, receipt, voucher), autorizoj (authorise, authorize, commission, empower, license). (various references)

Arabic		‏مذكرة (aide-memoire, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minutes, motion, note, notebook, pocket book, reminder), ‏مبرر (excuse, good reason, justification, justificative, justificatory, reasonable grounds, warrantable), ‏تفويض (authorization, commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, mandate, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, warranty), ‏تسوي (justification), ‏تعهد (assurance, assure, bind, bond, care, commit oneself, commitment, contract, engage, engagement, guardianship, mind, nurse, obligation, pledge, plight, promise, protection, stipulate, undertake, undertaking), ‏سمح (allow, allowed, authorise, authorize, go ahead, let, permit, pliable, see, suffer), ‏سوغ (justify, rationalize, reason), ‏صلاحية (power, reference), ‏إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, leave, permission, permissiveness, permit, rest, vacation, variance, warranty), ‏أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch), ‏أمر تفتيش (search warrant), ‏أجاز (accredit, allow, clear, endorse, indorse, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, licence, license, patent, permit, sanction, steam roller, vouchsafe), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify), ‏برر (excuse, justify, rationalize, sanctify, substantiate, vindicate). (various references)

Bulgarian		гаранция (bail, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, pledge, recognizance, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warranty), потвърждавам (accredit, acknowledge, affirm, bear out, certify, clench, corroborate, endorse, homologate, ratify, reaffirm, speak to, substantiate, support, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, vouch), поръчителство (bail, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, warranty), поръчителствувам (give security, stand bail, stand surety, vouch), препоръка (commendation, recommendation, reference, rider, testimonial), пълномощно (commission, letter of attorney, procuration, proxy, trust deed), оправдание (absolution, acquittal, excuse, justification, plea, vindication), оправдавам (acquit, authorise, authorize, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, fulfill, justify, legitimate, purge, sanctify, vindicate), ордер (draft, order, voucher), давам основание за, гарантирам (assure, engage, entrench, insure, intrench, safeguard, secure, underwrite), съдебно разпореждане (injunction), разрешително (licence, license, permit), сигурен съм, свидетелство (certificate, diploma, document, testimonial, testimony, ticket, witness), удостоверявам (certificate, certify), упълномощавам (accredit, authorise, authorize, commission, delegate, empower, enable, entitle), узаконявам (authorise, authorize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, regularize, validate), уверявам (affirm, assure, profess, reassure, satisfy), съдебна заповед, съдебно постановление, основание (basis, cause, foundation, ground, grounds, merits, occasion, reason, subject, warranty). (various references)

Chinese		保证 (Assurance, Assure, Assuring, Ensure, guarantee, guaranteed, Guaranteeing, Guarantees, Guarantied, guaranty, Guarantying, Sureties, surety). (various references)

Czech		zplnomocnit (accredit, commission), záruka (assurance, bail, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, safeguard, security, surety, trust, undertaking, warranty), soudní příkaz (injunction, writ), poukázka (token), plná moc (power, power of attorney, proxy, retainer), ospravedlnit (exonerate, justify, vindicate), oprávnit (authorize, justify, qualify), odùvodnit (explain away), garantovat (guarantee). (various references)

Danish		warrant (certificate of option, dock warrant, negotiable warehouse receipt, stock purchase warrant, warehouse receipt, warehouse release, warehouse warrant), toldoplagsbevis (dock warrant, negotiable warehouse receipt, warehouse receipt, warehouse release, warehouse warrant), sikre (guarantee), pakhuskvittering (dock warrant, negotiable warehouse receipt, warehouse receipt, warehouse release, warehouse warrant), oplagsbevis (dock warrant, negotiable warehouse receipt, warehouse receipt, warehouse release, warehouse warrant), garanti (guarantee), garantere (guarantee). (various references)

Dutch		garanderen (guarantee), borg staan voor (guarantee). (various references)

Esperanto		skriba ordono (writ), garantio (guarantee), garantii (guarantee). (various references)

Farsi		گواهی کردن (Certify), گواهی (Deposition, Evidence, Testimony), حکم (Arbiter, Canon, Commandment, Commission, Decree, Doom, Edict, Mandate, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Pardon, Precept, Rule, Sentence, Statute, Writ), تضمین کردن (Bond, Certify, Ensure), سندعندالمطالبه . (various references)

Finnish		taata (ensure, give a guarantee, guarantee). (various references)

French		garantir, mandat (warranty), cautionner, assurer. (various references)

Frisian		garânsje (guarantee). (various references)

German		Garantie (guarantee, guaranty, security, warranties, warranty). (various references)

Greek		ένταλμα (writ). (various references)

Hebrew		יפוי כח (accreditation, authority, authorization, commission, power of attorney), ל�"צ�"יק (acquit, approve, excuse, justify, legitimate, vindicate), שובר (coupon, receipt for money, voucher), כתב בית �"�"ין, �"רשא�" (authorization, licensing, permission, sanction), �"צ�"ק�" (exculpation, justification, vindication), צו חפוש (search warrant), סמכות (ability, authority, authorization, competence, power, sanction). (various references)

Hungarian		kezesség (bail, del credere, sponsion, surety), jótállás (assurance, bail, guaranty, indemnity, security, surety, warranty). (various references)

Indonesian		garansi (warranty). (various references)

Italian		mandato di cattura, garanzia (assurance, guarantee, guaranty, guarentee, pawn, pledge, security, sponsorship, surety, warranty). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ワット時 (coat of arms, crest, varnish, waffle, wallaby, watt hour), 正�"化 (justification), 令状　 (summons, written order), 令状 (summons, written order). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ワラント , せいとうか (justification), れいじょう (acknowledgment, daughter, letter of thanks, sacred ground, summons, written order, young lady, young woman, your daughter). (various references)

Korean		영장 (Writ). (various references)

Manx		pooar (faculty, influence, power, province, puissance), pohlley (entanglement, intricacy), pohlldal (maintain), barrant (confidence, reliance, voucher). (various references)

Pig Latin		arrantway.(various references)

Polish		gwarantować (guarantee). (various references)

Portuguese		garantir (assure, avouch, ensure, gage, guarantee, indemnify, insure, make a promise, promise, safeguard, state, underwrite, unrein, vouch), garantia (assertion, assurance, bail, caution, chit, contention, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, handsel, hansel, lien, palladium, pawn, pledge, safe conduct, safeguard, sea-letter, sponsion, voucher, warranty, word), fiança (bail, gage, guarantee, recognizance, sponsion, sponsorship, warranty). (various references)

Romanian		garanta (avouch, ensure, grant, guarantee, indemnify, insure, secure, undertake, underwrite, vouch). (various references)

Russian		гарантировать доверенность, гарантировать (assure, assures, assuring, ensure, guaranteed, secure, undertake, underwrite, underwrote), ордер (order), оправдывать (acquit, exculpate, excuse, explain, give an excuse, justify, vindicate, vindicated, vindicating), предписание (charge, dictate, direction, injunction, order, precept, prescript, recipe, venire), подтверждать (acknowledge, acknowledge by, affirm, attest, bear out, confirm, corroborate, corroboratory, endorse, indorse, instantiate, prove out, reaffirm, re-affirm, reassert, verify, vouch, write to acknowledge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		punomoćje (authority), priznanica (iou, quittance, receipt), ovlastiti (accredit, authorise, authorize), ovlašćenje (authorization, licence, license, permission, warranty), opravdati (account, acquit, clear, excuse, justify, legitimate, vindicate), nalog (behest, command, dictate, dictation, injunction, order), garantovati (guarantee), dozvoliti (allow, authorise, authorize, let, license, permit). (various references)

Spanish		garantía (assurance, attestation, escrow, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, pledge, safeguard, seal, security, sponsion, surety, undertaking, warranty), orden (arrangement, array, bidding, character, command, commandment, count, decision, decree, dictation, direction, discipline, disposal, disposition, field, force, function, imperative, instruction, issue, medal, nature, order, orderliness, sequence, word, writ), orden por escrito (writ). (various references)

Sranan		dyaranti (guarantee). (various references)

Swedish		garantera (avouch, ensure, garantee, guarantee, guaranty, safeguard, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vouchsafe), fullmakt (commission, letters of appointment, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, warrent). (various references)

Turkish		ruhsat vermek (authorise, authorize, certificate, licence, license, permit), garanti etmek (assure, engage, guarantee, stipulate, undertake, vouch), hak (authority, benefit, claim, condign, dibs, due, franchise, jus, justice, right, title, warranty), haklı neden (cause, justification, warranty), izin belgesi (permit), izin vermek (allow, authorise, authorize, consent, empower, enable, excuse, give smb. notice, give smb. the green light, indulge, let, licence, license, permit, permit of, sanction, suffer), kefil olmak (answer, answer for, go bail for smb., guarantee, sponsor, stand security, stand security for smb., vouch), garanti (guarantee, guaranty, in the bag, surety, warranty), ruhsat (authorization, certificate, certification, concession, concessionairy, imprimatur, leave, licence, logbook, pass, permission, permit, royalty), yetki vermek (accredit, authorise, authorize, capacitate, chair, create, empower, enable, entitle, intitle, invest, licence, license, qualify, vest, vest with), tayin emri, temin etmek (assure, cater, cater for, insure, make sure, procure, promise, provide, provide with, supply), teminât (assurance, bail, caution, caution money, deposit, down payment, earnest, Gage, guarantee, hostage, indemnification, indemnity, pledge, recognizance, security, surety), vekâletname (letter of attorney, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, trust deed, warrant of attorney), yetki (authority, authorization, command, competence, competency, faculty, fiat, power, sword, vis, warranty), yetki belgesi (authority), mazur göstermek (blanch over, excuse, extenuate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, palliate). (various references)

Turkmen		narяad (duty, order). (various references)

Ukrainian		виправдання (absolution, acquittal, acquittance, alibi, allowance, apology, defence, defense, exculpation, excuse, explanation, justification, palliation, warranty, whitewash), передвіщати (augur, betoken, bode, omen, promise), повноваження (authority, proxy), порука (bail, bailment, borrow, caution, earnest, pledge), посвідчення (certificate, certification, chit), правомочність (competence, competency), запевняти (assure, certify, convince, promise, protest, tell), патент (charter, patent), ордер (indent, order), судове розпорядження, виправдувати (absolve, authorize, justify), гарантувати (assure, avouch, guarantee, guaranty, insure, safeguard), гарантія (assurance, avouchment, guarantee, insurance, safeguard, safety, security, warranty), ручитися, свідчення (attest, attestation, evidence, showing, statement, vouch, witness), уповноважувати (accredit, authorize, commission, delegate, empower), захисник (advocate, apologist, assertor, defender, promoter, proponent, protector, quarter-back). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự cho phép (licence, license, permission, warranty), giấy phép lý do. (various references)

Welsh		gwarantu (guarantee), gwarant, dilysu (certify, guarantee), arwaesaf (guarantor, protector). (various references)

Zulu		iligaranti (guarantee), igaranti (guarantee). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "warrant": warrantable, warrantableness, warrantablenesses, warrantably, warranted, warrantee, warrantees, warranter, warranters, warranties, warranting, warrantless, warrantor, warrantors, warrants, warranty. (additional references)
	Words containing "warrant": unwarrantable, unwarrantably, unwarranted. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Warrant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awarrant, harant, Sarraut, warant, warent, warna, Warra, warranto, warrent, warron, wrant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "warrant" (pronounced wô"runt)
5	-ô" r u n t	abhorrent, torrent.
4	-r u n t	apparent, arrant, aberrant, adherent, celebrant, coherent, Courant, immigrant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant.
3	-u n t	agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-n-r-r-t-w"
	-1 letter: arrant.
	-2 letters: antra, ratan.
	-3 letters: anta, rant, tarn, want, warn, wart.
	-4 letters: ana, ant, art, awa, awn, naw, ran, rat, raw, tan, tar, taw, twa, wan, war, wat.
	-5 letters: aa, an, ar, at, aw, na, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-n-r-r-t-w"
	+1 letter: warrants, warranty.
	+2 letters: rainwater, warranted, warrantee, warranter, warrantor.
	+3 letters: rainwaters, trawlerman, warrantees, warranters, warranties, warranting, warrantors.
	+4 letters: earthenware, graniteware, quartersawn, unwarranted, warrantable, warrantably, warrantless.
	+5 letters: earthenwares, granitewares, heartwarming, watermarking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Paygrade and Rank	Army	Navy/CG	Marine Corps
W1: Warrant Officer 1		no such rank
W2: Chief Warrant Officer 2
W3: Chief Warrant Officer 3
W4: Chief Warrant Officer 4
W5: Chief Warrant Officer 5		no such rank

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
warrant	1,502	county shelby warrant	34
warrant for arrest	381	informazioni warrant	34
warrant officer	169	informations warrant	31
call warrant	163	free arrest warrant search	26
warrant search	160	informatie warrant	26
put warrant	150	san diego warrant	24
warrant info	131	federal warrant	24
bench warrant	84	check free warrant	23
outstanding warrant	83	heaven lyrics warrant	23
free search warrant	81	warrant band	23
warrant lyrics	61	california warrant	21
warrant check	52	oklahoma warrant	21
army warrant officer	51	florida arrest warrant	21
police warrant	50	officer school warrant	21
warrant information	47	want and warrant	20
texas warrant	45	ohio warrant	20
stock warrant	45	texas arrest warrant	20
florida warrant	41	criminal warrant	20
free outstanding search warrant	36	career center officer warrant	20
infos warrant	34	warrant informationen	19
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Warrant

Definition: Warrant

Warrant

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Warrant

Specialty Definition: Warrant

Warrant (finance)

Warrant (legal)

Warrant (philosophy)

Warrant officer

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Warrant

Synonyms: Warrant

Synonyms within Context: Warrant

Affirmation

Authority

Command

Dueness

Evidence

Money

Permission

Possession

Promise

Security

Vindication

Crosswords: Warrant

Modern Usage: Warrant

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Commercial Usage: Warrant

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Warrant

Illustrations:Warrant

Photo Album: Warrant

Familiar Quotations: Warrant

John Locke

Historic Usage: Warrant

Magna Carta

John Locke

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Warrant

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Warrant

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Warrant

James Buchanan

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Warrant

Expression: Warrant

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Warrant

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