Meaning of warrant In English

• 0 to make a particular activity necessary:

  • Obviously what she did was wrong, but I don't think it warranted such a severe punishment.

  • It's a relatively simple task that really doesn't warrant a great deal of time being spent on it.

• 1 used to say that you are certain about something:

  • He's to blame, I'll warrant (you).

• 2 an official document, signed by a judge or other person in authority, that gives the police permission to search someone's home, arrest a person, or take some other action:

  • a search warrant

  • Judge La Riva had issued an arrest warrant/a warrant for his arrest.

• 3 a reason for doing something:

  • There's no warrant for that sort of behaviour!

• 4 to make a particular action necessary or correct, or to be a reason to do something:

  • His injury was serious enough to warrant an operation.

  • I can see circumstances in which these types of investigations would be warranted.

• 5 an official document approved by an authority, esp. a judge, which gives the police permission to do certain things:

  • a search warrant

  • an arrest warrant

• 6 the right to buy a company's shares at a particular price by a particular date:

  • The company has the right to exercise warrants for the stock, up to a maximum of 5% of the total shares outstanding.

• 7 a legal document that gives someone, for example, the police, the authority to do something:

  • an arrest warrant

• 8 to promise that something is true, or say that it is certain that something will happen:

  • Our products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship.