different between endorse vs warrant

English

Alternative forms

• indorse

Etymology

Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s/, /?n?d??s/
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?n?d??s/

Verb

endorse (third-person singular simple present endorses, present participle endorsing, simple past and past participle endorsed)

1. To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
2. To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
3. To give an endorsement.
4. (medicine) To report (a symptom); to describe.

Derived terms

• disendorse
• endorsement

Related terms

• dorsal

Translations

Noun

endorse (plural endorses)

1. (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

Usage notes

When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a pallet when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale. The term endorse is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider pale. Diminutive stripes flanking other ordinaries are termed cottises.

Related terms

• endorsed

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References

Anagrams

• Edensor

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English warant (“protector; guard, shield, protection”), from Anglo-Norman warrant, Old Northern French warant, warand, a variant of Old French guarant, garant, garand (“assurance, guarantee; authorization, permission; protector; protection, safety”) (modern French garant), from Frankish *warand, present participle of *warjan (“to fend off; to stop, thwart”). The word is cognate with Old High German werento (“guarantor”).

The verb is derived from Middle English warrant, waranten (“to give protection; to protect, shield; to assure, pledge, promise; to guarantee”), from Anglo-Norman warantir, warandir, warentir, and Old Northern French warandir, warantir, variant forms of Old French guarantir (“to protect”) (modern French garantir), a Romance formation from the noun guarant: see above.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?w???nt/
• Hyphenation: war?rant

Noun

warrant (countable and uncountable, plural warrants)

1. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
2. (countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
3. (countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
4. (finance, countable) An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
5. (law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
6. (military, countable) Short for warrant officer.
   1. (countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
7. (New Zealand, road transport, countable) A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
8. (obsolete, countable) A defender, a protector.
9. (mining, uncountable) Underclay in a coal mine.

   Synonym: warren earth

Alternative forms

• warraunt (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Italian: warrant

Related terms

Translations

Verb

warrant (third-person singular simple present warrants, present participle warranting, simple past and past participle warranted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
3. (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
4. (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.
5. (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
6. (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• warranted (adjective)

Translations

References

Further reading

• warrant (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• warrant (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• warrant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English warrant.

Noun

warrant m (invariable)

1. warrant (document or certificate)