authorization

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Noun

authorization

1. (uncountable) Permission.

   I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.

2. (countable) An act of authorizing.
3. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.

   Can I see your authorization?

4. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

   We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

Related terms

• author
• authority
• unauthorized

Translations

• French: autorisation
• German: Ermächtigung
• Portuguese: autorização
• Russian: разреше́ние
• Spanish: autorización

Translations

• Italian: autorizzazione
• Portuguese: autorização
• Russian: са́нкция
• Spanish: autorización

Translations

• Portuguese: autorização
• Russian: полномо́чие
• Spanish: autorización

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