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authorize +‎ -ation

Noun

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Singular authorization

Plural countable and uncountable; plural authorizations

authorization (countable and uncountable; plural authorizations)

  1. (uncountable) Permission.
    I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.
  2. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (countable) An act of authorizing.
  3. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
  4. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds a specific budgetary purpose.
    We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.
  5. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) The power or right to give orders.
  6. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (computing) The permission to use a specific resource; access control.

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