authorization

Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• authorisation

[edit] Etymology

authorize +‎ -ation

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia 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.

[edit] Related terms

• authority
• unauthorized

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• authorization at OneLook® Dictionary Search
• authorization in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913