Warrant

Noun

 * 1) Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
 * 2) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
 * 3) An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
 * 4)  A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
 * 5) A warrant officer.
 * 6) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
 * 7)  An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another security, to buy other securities of the issuer.
 * 8)  A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
 * 9)  A protector or defender.

Verb

 * 1)  To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.).
 * 2)  To guarantee as being true;  to believe strongly.
 * 3)  To give (someone) a guarantee or assurance (of something); also, with double object, to guarantee (someone something).
 * 4)  To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
 * 5)  To justify; to give grounds for.
 * 6)  To protect, keep safe (from danger).

Verbs for Warrant
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