Voucher vs. Warrant

Vouchernoun

A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

Warrantnoun

(obsolete) A defender, a protector.

Vouchernoun

A receipt.

Warrantnoun

Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.

Vouchernoun

One who or that which vouches.

Warrantnoun

Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.

‘a warrant of authenticity’; ‘a warrant for success’;

Vouchernoun

(advertising) A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.

Warrantnoun

An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.

Vouchernoun

(historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

Warrantnoun

(finance) 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.

Voucherverb

(transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.

Warrantnoun

(law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.

‘an arrest warrant issued by the court’;

Voucherverb

(transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).

Warrantnoun

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Voucherverb

(transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

Warrantnoun

A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.

Vouchernoun

One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.

‘Will his vouchers vouch him no more?’; ‘The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation.’;

Warrantnoun

A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.

Vouchernoun

A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

Warrantverb

To protect, keep safe (from danger).

Vouchernoun

The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.

Warrantverb

To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).

Vouchernoun

A document attesting to a credit against certain defined expenditures; a recipt for prepayment; - often used in pre-arranged travel plans, to provide evidence of pre-payment of the cost of lodging, transportation, or meals.

Warrantverb

(transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).

Vouchernoun

someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

Warrantverb

(transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.

‘That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant.’;

Vouchernoun

a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure

Warrantverb

(transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).

‘I am warranted to search these premises fully.’;

Vouchernoun

a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

Warrantverb

(transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

‘Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.’;

Vouchernoun

a small printed piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that may be exchanged for goods or services.

Warrantnoun

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority.

Vouchernoun

a receipt.

Warrantnoun

A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.

Voucher

A voucher is a bond of the redeemable transaction type which is worth a certain monetary value and which may be spent only for specific reasons or on specific goods. Examples include housing, travel, and food vouchers.

Warrantnoun

That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.

‘I give thee warrant of thy place.’; ‘His worth is warrant for his welcome hither.’;

Warrantnoun

A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice.

Warrantnoun

That which attests or proves; a voucher.

Warrantnoun

An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.

Warrantnoun

Right; legality; allowance.

Warrantverb

To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.

‘That show I first my body to warrant.’; ‘I'll warrant him from drowning.’; ‘In a placeLess warranted than this, or less secure,I can not be.’;

Warrantverb

To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.

‘True fortitude is seen in great exploits,That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides.’; ‘How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, - chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant.’;

Warrantverb

To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.

‘[My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye.’;

Warrantverb

To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.

Warrantnoun

a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

Warrantnoun

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’;

Warrantnoun

formal and explicit approval;

‘a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement’;

Warrantnoun

a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

Warrantverb

show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for;

‘The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns’; ‘The end justifies the means’;

Warrantverb

stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of;

‘The dealer warrants all the cars he sells’; ‘I warrant this information’;

Warrantnoun

a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice

‘an extradition warrant’; ‘magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest’;

Warrantnoun

a document that entitles the holder to receive goods, money, or services

‘we'll issue you with a travel warrant’;

Warrantnoun

a negotiable security allowing the holder to buy shares at a specified price at or before a future date

‘warrant bonds’;

Warrantnoun

justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling

‘there is no warrant for this assumption’;

Warrantnoun

an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer.

Warrantverb

justify or necessitate (a course of action)

‘the employees feel that industrial action is warranted’;

Warrantverb

officially affirm or guarantee

‘the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report’;