Definition of Authorization

1. Noun. A document giving an official instruction or command.

Exact synonyms: Authorisation, Mandate
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Legal Document, Legal Instrument, Official Document
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Attributes: Authorised, Authorized, Unauthorised, Unauthorized
Derivative terms: Mandate

2. Noun. The power or right to give orders or make decisions. "A place of potency in the state"
Exact synonyms: Authorisation, Authority, Dominance, Potency, Say-so
Specialized synonyms: Power Of Appointment, Carte Blanche, Command, Imperium, Lordship, Muscle, Sovereignty
Generic synonyms: Control
Derivative terms: Dominate, Potent

3. Noun. Official permission or approval. "Authority for the program was renewed several times"
Exact synonyms: Authorisation, Authority, Sanction
Generic synonyms: Permission
Derivative terms: Authorise, Authorize, Sanction

4. Noun. The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.

Definition of Authorization

1. n. The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

Definition of Authorization

1. Noun. Permission. ¹

2. Noun. An act of authorizing. ¹

3. Noun. (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant. ¹

4. Noun. (context: government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Authorization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Authorization

authorising
authorism
authoritarian
authoritarian personality
authoritarianism
authoritarians
authoritative
authoritatively
authoritativeness
authoritie
authorities
authority
authority figure
authorityless
authorizable
authorization (current term)
authorizations
authorize
authorized
authorized shares
authorized stock
authorized term
authorized terms
authorizer
authorizers
authorizes
authorizing
authorless
authorlike
authorly

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