warrant
Authorization or certificationAuthorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
» We have a warrant.
У нас есть ордер.
У нас є ордер.
Ми маємо ордер.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
Vollmacht, Befugnis
полномо́чиеpolnomóčije, правомо́чиеpravomóčije, о́рдерórder
(countable)Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success
Nachweis, Garantie, Garantieerklärung
гара́нтияgarántija
(countable)An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
Vollmacht
о́рдерórder, варра́нтvarránt
(countable)An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
Optionsschein, Optionszertifikat
купо́нkupón, варра́нтvarránt
варантvarant, варрантvarrant
(countable)A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
an arrest warrant issued by the court
Befehl, richterliche Anordnung, Haftbefehl
о́рдерórder, прика́зprikáz
о́рдерórder, нака́зnakáz
Ellipsis of warrant officer.
(countable)A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
(New Zealand, countable)A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
(uncountable)Underclay in a coal mine.
(countable, obsolete)A defender, a protector.
Beschützer
защи́тникzaščítnik
- a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- 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
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
- formal and explicit approval
Examples
80 sentencesWe have a warrant.
У нас є ордер.
ruУ нас есть ордер.
Do you have a warrant?
У вас є ордер?
ruУ Вас есть ордер?
We've got a search warrant.
У нас є ордер на обшук.
ruУ нас есть ордер на обыск.
Do you have a search warrant?
ruУ вас есть ордер на обыск?
deHaben Sie einen Durchsuchungsbefehl?
I'd like to see your warrant.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English warant (“protector; guard, shield, protection”), fThe noun is derived from Middle English warant (“protector; guard, shield, protection”), from Anglo-Norman warrant, Old Northern French warant, warand, a variant of Old French guarant, garant, garand (“assurance, guarantee; authorization, permission; protector; protection, safety”) (modern French garant), from Frankish *warand, present participle of *warjan (“to fend off; to stop, thwart”). The word is cognate with Old High German werento (“guarantor”).
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Forms
plural: warrantsSynonyms
22 synonyms- 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:stock warrantstock-purchase warrant
- a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications:guaranteewarranteewarranty
- formal and explicit approval:sanctioncountenanceendorsementindorsementimprimatur
Word family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- a search warrant
- search warrant
- have a warrant