Warrant vs. Guarantee — What's the Difference?

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

Guarantee is a legal term more comprehensive and of higher import than either warranty or "security". It most commonly designates a private transaction by means of which one person, to obtain some trust, confidence or credit for another, engages to be answerable for him.

Justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling

A formal assurance (typically in writing) that certain conditions will be fulfilled, especially that a product will be repaired or replaced if not of a specified quality

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

An undertaking to answer for the payment or performance of another person's debt or obligation in the event of a default by the person primarily responsible for it.

Justify or necessitate (a course of action)

Provide a formal assurance, especially that certain conditions will be fulfilled relating to a product, service, or transaction

Officially affirm or guarantee

Promise with certainty

(Law) A judicial writ authorizing the search or seizure of property, arrest of a person, or the execution of a legal judgment.

Something that assures a particular outcome or condition

A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.

A promise or assurance, especially one given in writing, that attests to the quality or durability of a product or service.

An option to buy stock at a specified price from an issuing company.

A pledge that something will be performed in a specified manner.

Justification for an action or a belief; grounds

A guarantor.

Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof

A guaranty.

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

To assume responsibility for the debt, default, or miscarriage of.

A warrant officer.

To assume responsibility for the quality or performance of

A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.

To undertake to do, accomplish, or ensure (something) for another

To provide adequate grounds for; justify or require

To make certain

To guarantee (a product).

To guaranty.

To guarantee (a purchaser) indemnification against damage or loss.

To furnish security for.

(Law) To guarantee clear title to (real property).

To express or declare with conviction

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

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

(countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.

A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.

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

More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty

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.

The person to whom a guarantee is made.

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

(colloquial) A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor.

(countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.

To give an assurance that something will be done right.

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

To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation.

A defender, a protector.

To make something certain.

Underclay in a coal mine.

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.

To protect, keep safe (from danger).

One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.

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

The person to whom a guaranty is made; - the correlative of guarantor.

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

In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.

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

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

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

A pledge that something will happen or that something is true;

(transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.

A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults

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.

Give surety or assume responsibility;

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

Make certain of;

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

Promise to do or accomplish;

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.

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

That which attests or proves; a voucher.

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

Right; legality; allowance.

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.

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

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

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

A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

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;

Formal and explicit approval;

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

Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for;

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