English Online Dictionary. What means authorization? What does authorization mean?
English
Alternative forms
- authorisation (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
From authorize + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃn/
- Hyphenation: auth‧or‧i‧zation
Noun
authorization (countable and uncountable, plural authorizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (countable) An act of authorizing.
- (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- (countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
Holonyms
- (an act of authorizing): access control
- (permission): access control
- (government): budgeting
Coordinate terms
- approval (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)
Derived terms
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Translations
References
- “authorization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “authorization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.