authorization
nounUK /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ · /ˌɔθəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From authorize + -ation.
- Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116:
- His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war1985 May 23, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46:
2 more examples
- 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:
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British, English, Oxford, US The 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.
- Can I see your authorization?
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Government British, English, Oxford, US 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.
- Derived terms
- atomic authorization, deauthorization, misauthorization, postauthorization, preauthorization, prior authorization, reauthorization
- Related terms
- author, authority, unauthorized
- Coordinate terms
- approval
- Holonyms
- access control, budgeting