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Meaning
Noun
●
Authorization or
certification
; a
sanction
, as given by a superior.
●
Something that provides
assurance
or
confirmation
; a
guarantee
or proof.
●
An order that
serves
as
authorization
; especially a
voucher
authorizing
payment
or
receipt
of money.
●
In Finance:
An
option
, usually
issued
together with
another security and with a
term
at issue
greater than
a year, to
buy
other
securities
of the
issue
r.
●
In Law:
A
judicial
writ
authorizing
an
officer
to make a
search
,
seizure
, or
arrest
, or to
execute
a judgment.
●
In Military:
Short for
warrant
officer.
A
certificate
of
appointment
given to
a
warrant
officer.
●
In New Zealand English & Road transport:
A
document
certifying
that a
motor vehicle
meets
certain
standards
of
mechanical
soundness
and
safety
; a
warrant
of fitness.
●
A
defender
, a protector.
●
In Mining:
Underclay in a
coal
mine.
Verb
●
To
protect
, keep
safe
(from danger).
●
To give (someone) an
assurance
or
guarantee
(of something); also, with a double
object
: to
guarantee
(someone something).
●
In Directives:
To
guarantee
(something) to be (of a
specified
quality, value, etc.).
●
To
guarantee
as being
true
; (colloquial) to
believe
strongly.
●
To
authorize
; to give (someone)
sanction
or
warrant
(to do something).
●
To
justify
; to give
grounds
for.
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