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approval - 4 dictionary results

ap⋅prov⋅al

[uh-proo-vuhl]
–noun
1. the act of approving; approbation.
2. formal permission or sanction.
3. Philately. one of a group of selected stamps sent by a dealer to a prospective customer for examination and either purchase or return.
4. on approval, without obligation to buy unless satisfactory to the customer upon trial or examination and, otherwise, returnable: We ship merchandise on approval.

Origin:
1680–90; approve + -al 2
ap·prov·al   (ə-prōō'vəl)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of approving.
  2. An official approbation; a sanction.
  3. Favorable regard; commendation.

Approval

Ap*prov"al\, n. Approbation; sanction.

A censor . . . without whose approval n? capital sentences are to be executed. --Temple.

Syn: See Approbation.
Language Translation for : approval
Spanish: aprobación,
German: die Billigung,
Japanese: 賛成

approval

see on approval; seal of approval.

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