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Meaning of warrant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  warrant
      n 1: a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified
           acts
      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: {warrant}, {stock
         warrant}, {stock-purchase warrant}]
      3: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the
         union's endorsement" [syn: {sanction}, {countenance},
         {endorsement}, {indorsement}, {warrant}, {imprimatur}]
      4: a written assurance that some product or service will be
         provided or will meet certain specifications [syn:
         {guarantee}, {warrant}, {warrantee}, {warranty}]
      v 1: show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The
           emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end
           justifies the means" [syn: {justify}, {warrant}]
      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}, {warrant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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