Handout vs Warrant - What's the difference?
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A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
(senseid)A gift to the poor or needy.
A gift, something given without effort
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(label) A protector or defender.
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*:And whanne I sawe her makynge suche dole / I asked her who slewe her lorde ¶ Syre she said the falsest knyght of the world now lyuyng/ and his name is sir Breuse saunce pyte / thenne for pyte I made the damoysel to lepe on her palfroy / and I promysed her to be her waraunt / and to helpe her to entyere her lord
Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
*Garry Wills:
*:He almost gives his failings as a warrant for his greatness.
An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
(label) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
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A warrant officer.
#A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
(label) An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another security, to buy other securities of the issuer.
(label) A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
To protect, keep safe (from danger).
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.44:
*:all honest meanes for a man to warrant himselfe from evils are not onely tolerable, but commendable.
(label) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.).
*1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
*:His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; for be it Polar snow or torrid sun, like a patent chronometer, his interior vitality was warranted to do well in all climates.
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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
(label) To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
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To give (someone) a guarantee or assurance (of something); also, with double object, to guarantee (someone something).
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*:Crato, in a consultation of his for a noble patient, tells him plainly, that if his highness will keep but a good diet, he will warrant him his former health.
(label) To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
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(label) To justify; to give grounds for.
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As nouns the difference between handout and warrant
is that handout is a worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use while warrant is (label) a protector or defender.As a verb warrant is
to protect, keep safe (from danger).handout
English
Noun
(en noun)- It's a place to get a hand up, not a handout .
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts .