warrant
General verb
To justify or provide sufficient grounds for a particular course of action or conclusion.
The inconsistency in these results warrants further investigation.
Medicine verb
To justify or make necessary a particular course of action.
Any recurrence of these symptoms would warrant urgent investigation.
Law noun
A document authorizing an act such as an arrest or a search.
Police obtained a warrant to search the premises.
Business noun
A security giving the holder the right to buy an issuer's shares at a set price before expiry.
The rescue financing came with warrants that let the lender share in any recovery of the share price.
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