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authorize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authorise, clear, pass |
| Type of | allow, countenance, permit, let |
| Has types | formalize, licence, license, o.k., okay, sanction, validate, approbate, approve, certificate, certify, commission, declare, formalise |
| Derivation | authorization, authorizer |
The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography.
Examples of authorize
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In fact, the President can authorize nearly any U.S. company to operate in Cuba.
From the businessweek.com
It also would authorize projects to reduce the threat of wildfire at Lake Tahoe.
From the sacbee.com
Players already have voted, team-by-team, to authorize decertifying their union.
From the delawareonline.com
Parents only signed and returned them to authorize the shots for their children.
From the freep.com
It would have been irresponsible for me to authorize the payment of their bills.
From the forbes.com
Did he not authorize a military operation in Libya without one word to Congress?
From the forbes.com
The purpose of the law is to authorize the use of force to restrict our actions.
From the economist.com
Only the president of the United States can authorize the first retaliatory use.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These employees verbally authorize 2.5 million charge-card transactions a month.
From the time.com
- Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
- Empower: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
- (authorized) endowed with authority
- (authorization) mandate: a document giving an official instruction or command
- (authorization) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- Authorization (also spelt Authorisation) is the function of specifying access rights to resources, which is related to information security and computer security in general and to access control in particular. More formally, "to authorize" is to define access policy. ...
- (Authorized (horse)) Authorized (foaled February 14, 2004) is an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2007 Epsom Derby.
- To grant someone the power or authority to do something specific; to give someone permission; to sanction or consent; In American English usage only, to authorise frequently not only has the precise meaning above, but also means that the action being authorised was actually carried out, or at ...
- (authorization) Permission; An act of authorizing; (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant; Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose; this redundant sense?) (computing) The permission to use a specific resource; access control
