1
- a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice逮捕证; 搜查证; 授权令：
magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest
治安官签发了一份逮捕他的逮捕证
an extradition warrant.
引渡授权令。
1.1
- a document that entitles the holder to receive goods, money, or services提货（款）凭单; 接受服务单据：
we'll issue you with a travel warrant.
我们将给你签发一张通行证。
1.2
- Finance a negotiable security allowing the holder to buy shares at a specified price at or before some future date【财政】认股权证。
1.3
- mass noun [usu. with negative] justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling正当理由; 依据：
there is no warrant for this assumption.
这个假设没有依据。
2
- an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer准尉委任书。
with obj.
1- justify or necessitate (a certain course of action)证明（某个行动过程）正当（或必要）：
there is not enough new evidence to warrant a reference to the Court of Appeal.
还没有足够的新证据证明有必要提交给上诉法院。
1.1
- officially affirm or guarantee正式确认; 保证：
the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report.
卖主保证报告的准确性。
短语
I （ I'll） warrant (you)
- dated used to express the speaker's certainty about a fact or situation〈旧〉我敢说：
I'll warrant you'll thank me for it in years to come.
我敢说, 几年之后你会感激我的。
派生词
warranter
noun词源
Middle English （in the senses 'protector' and 'safeguard'， also， as a verb， 'keep safe from danger'）： from variants of Old French guarant (noun)， guarantir (verb)， of Germanic origin; compare with GUARANTEE.