authorization

plural authorizations · alternative authorisation

1. BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableAn act of authorizing.

   Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program

   1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116

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   His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war

   1985 May 28, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46

   Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC.

   1990, Horst Ungerer, The European monetary system: developments and perspectives, page 36

   She pushed buttons at a new, small oval kind of telescreen, quickly gathering together the high-level authorizations it had taken hours of preparation to collect.

   2002, Teresa Plowright, Dreams of an Unseen Planet

   Synonyms: assent, consent, sanction, accedence, accession, allowance, approbation, approval

2. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableThe state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.

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

   Synonyms: authority, leave, sanction, allowance, authority, clearance, consent, leave

3. BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableA document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.

   Can I see your authorization?

4. BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountablegovernmentPermission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

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