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WARRANT

Definition:

[noun] a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
[noun] 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"
Synonyms: stock stock-purchase
[noun] formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
Synonyms: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, imprimatur
[noun] a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
Synonyms: guarantee, ee
[verb] show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
Synonyms: justify
[verb] stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"
Synonyms: guarantee