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authorization

[aw-ther-uh-zey-shuhn]

Origin

noun

permission or power granted by an authority; sanction.

a legislative act authorizing money to be spent for government programs that specifies a maximum spending level without provision for actual funds.

Origin:
1600–10; authorize + -ation

Related forms

de·au·thor·i·za·tion, noun

mis·au·thor·i·za·tion, noun

pre·au·thor·i·za·tion, noun

re·au·thor·i·za·tion, noun

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authorize or authorise (ˈɔːθəˌraɪz)

—vb
1.	to confer authority upon (someone to do something); empower
2.	to permit (someone to do or be something) with official sanction: a dealer authorized by a manufacturer to retail his products

authorise or authorise

—vb

authori'zation or authorise

—n

authori'sation or authorise

—n

'authorizer or authorise

—n

'authoriser or authorise

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Word Origin & History

authorization

c.1600, noun formed from authorize + -tion.

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"In bourgeois society, the French and the industrial revolution transformed the authorization of political space. The political revolution put an end to the formalized hierarchy of the ancien regimé.... Concurrently, the industrial revolution subverted the social hierarchy upon which the old political space was based. It transformed the experience of society from one of vertical hierarchy to one of horizontal class stratification."

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