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warrant v. [
justify] show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
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warrant n. a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
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warrant n. [
stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant] 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
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warrant v. [
guarantee] stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"
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warrant n. [
sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, imprimatur] formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
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