Dictionary

authorization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌoːθəɹɑeˈzæɪʃən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɑθəɹəˈzeɪʃən/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˌɔːθəɾaɪˈzeːʃən/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɔθəɾaɪˈzeʃən/ (Scotland)
• /ˌoːθəɹɑjˈzɛjʃən/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌɔθəɹəˈzeɪʃən/ without the cot–caught merger

Etymology

Etymology tree English authorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English authorization From authorize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable) An act of authorizing.
   • Its purpose is to govern the authorization of credit institutions and the provision of financial services throughout the EC. 1990, Horst Ungerer, The European monetary system: developments and perspectives, page 36:
   • His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war 1985 May 14, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 41, number 5, page 46:
   • She pushed buttons at a new, small oval kind of telescreen, quickly gathering together the high-level authorizations it had taken hours of preparation to collect. 2002, Teresa Plowright, Dreams of an Unseen Planet:
   • Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program 1966, Education at Berkeley, page 116:
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
   • I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.
3. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
   • Can I see your authorization?
4. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
   • We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

Forms

Coordinates

approval

Deriveds

reauthorization · atomic authorization · misauthorization · postauthorization · prior authorization · deauthorization · preauthorization

Holonyms

access control (permission) · access control (an act of authorizing) · budgeting

Relateds

author · authority · unauthorized

Synonyms

leave · allowance · clearance · assentment · approval · assent · accedence · authority · permit · consent · authorization · license · sanction · OK · allowance · consent · leave · consent · approbation · authorization · mandate · permission · accession · sanction · warrant · sanction · assent · authority

Translations (97)

fi auktorisointi (act of authorizing) · fi lupa (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · nl machtiging (act of authorizing) · ro autorizație (act of authorizing) · ru одобре́ние (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · et volitus (act of authorizing) · cmn 授權 /授权 (act of authorizing) · el εξουσιοδότηση (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · es autorización (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · da autorisation (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · de Autorisation (act of authorizing) · ko 인가 (act of authorizing) · be аўтарыза́цыя (act of authorizing) · uk уповнова́ження (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · pt autorização (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · fi oikeutus (act of authorizing) · nl vergunning (act of authorizing) · pl upoważnienie (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · bg са́нкция (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · nl autorisatie (act of authorizing) · hi अधिकृत (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · ru о́рдер (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · fi oikeuttaminen (act of authorizing) · cy awdurdodiad (act of authorizing) · pl upoważnienie (act of authorizing) · ja 許可 (act of authorizing) · he הַסְמָכָה (act of authorizing) · hu autorizáció (act of authorizing) · be дазвале́нне (act of authorizing) · yi אויטאָריזירונג (act of authorizing) · uk уповнова́жування (act of authorizing) · es autorización (act of authorizing) · ota اذن (act of authorizing) · fi valtuuttaminen (act of authorizing) · cs povolování (act of authorizing) · nb autorisasjon (act of authorizing) · uk авториза́ція (act of authorizing) · ru са́нкция (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · be дазво́л (act of authorizing) · ru разреше́ние (act of authorizing) · ro autorizație (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · ka ავტორიზაცია (act of authorizing) · ru уполномо́чивание (act of authorizing) · km អនុញ្ញាត (act of authorizing) · it autorizzazione (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · cmn 授權 /授权 (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · sh autorizácija (act of authorizing) · ru авториза́ция (act of authorizing) · fr autorisation (act of authorizing) · ba рөхсәт (act of authorizing) · ja 認可 (act of authorizing) · sh autorizácija (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · sq autorizim (act of authorizing) · ru полномо́чие (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · cs povolení (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · bg одобре́ние (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · sh ауториза́ција (act of authorizing) · sh ауториза́ција (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · ka ნებართვა (act of authorizing) · oc autorizacion (act of authorizing) · pl autoryzacja (act of authorizing) · et volitus (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · hu meghatalmazás (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · uk до́звіл (act of authorizing) · da autorisering (act of authorizing) · mi whakamanatanga (act of authorizing) · sk autorizácia (act of authorizing) · nl volmacht (act of authorizing) · ro autorizare (act of authorizing) · el εξουσιοδότηση (act of authorizing) · ota دستور (act of authorizing) · uk дозволя́ння (act of authorizing) · nl volmacht (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · de Ermächtigung (act of authorizing) · ota اجازت (act of authorizing) · bg авторизация (act of authorizing) · kk авторландыру (act of authorizing) · hi अनुज्ञा (act of authorizing) · ca autorització (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · sq autorizim (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · cs autorizace (act of authorizing) · ota رخصت (act of authorizing) · id otorisasi (act of authorizing) · de Autorisierung (act of authorizing) · ko 허가 (act of authorizing) · ota اذن (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · pt autorização (act of authorizing) · pl umocowanie (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · pl zezwolenie (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · hu felhatalmazás (act of authorizing) · nl machtiging (state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere) · bg упълномоща́ване (act of authorizing) · ca autorització (act of authorizing) · tr otorizasyon (act of authorizing) · ota مساعده (act of authorizing) · fi valtuutus (act of authorizing) · tr izin (act of authorizing)