Both Uses of
warrant
in
Franny and Zooey
- Oh, a little brisk sometimes, yes, when the situation warrants.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- A year or so earlier, in an unwarrantably self-deprecating paragraph of a letter to her brother Buddy, she had referred to her own figure as "irreproachably Americanese."†
Chpt 2.4 *
Definitions:
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(warrant as in: I warrant it) to promise, guarantee, or indicate certainty of something
(seldom used today, but common in classic literature)
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(warrant as in: has a warrant to...) a document (granting the right to do something)for example:
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to search a home
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to arrest someone
- a document giving someone the right to buy stock shares at a given price by a given date
- a voucher documenting the right to receive payment