Authorization
noun
Official permission to do something.
You need the bank's authorization to open an account.
Often appears as...
- give authorization
- seek authorization
noun
A document that gives official permission.
The director gave her authorization for the project.
Often appears as...
- written authorization
- official authorization
noun
The act of empowering someone to act on your behalf.
I've given my lawyer authorization to negotiate on my behalf.
Often appears as...
- legal authorization
- authorization from
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Positive
noun
The process of verifying a user's access rights in computer systems.
Without proper authorization, you won't be able to access the server.
Often appears as...
- system authorization
- online authorization
noun
Official permission to do something.
You need the bank's authorization to open an account.
Often appears as...
- give authorization
- seek authorization
noun
A document that gives official permission.
The director gave her authorization for the project.
Often appears as...
- written authorization
- official authorization
noun
The act of empowering someone to act on your behalf.
I've given my lawyer authorization to negotiate on my behalf.
Often appears as...
- legal authorization
- authorization from
Usage tips
Positive
noun
The process of verifying a user's access rights in computer systems.
Without proper authorization, you won't be able to access the server.
Often appears as...
- system authorization
- online authorization
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Requesting Permission
Use 'authorization' when formally asking for permission in professional or official scenarios.
Before implementing the new policy, we need authorization from management.
Pro Tip 2/2Process Importance
It emphasizes the importance of following a procedure or protocol to get approval.
The construction can't start without the city's authorization.
Pro Tip 1/2Requesting Permission
Use 'authorization' when formally asking for permission in professional or official scenarios.
Before implementing the new policy, we need authorization from management.
Pro Tip 2/2Process Importance
It emphasizes the importance of following a procedure or protocol to get approval.
The construction can't start without the city's authorization.
Pro Tip 1/2Requesting Permission
Use 'authorization' when formally asking for permission in professional or official scenarios.
Before implementing the new policy, we need authorization from management.
Pro Tip 2/2Process Importance
It emphasizes the importance of following a procedure or protocol to get approval.
The construction can't start without the city's authorization.
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What doctors don't know...
They took all of the trials which were submitted to the FDA as part of the approval package. So that's not all of the trials that were ever conducted on these drugs, because we can never know if we have those, but it is the ones that were conducted in order to get the marketing authorization. And then they went to see if these trials had been published
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Erika Pinheiro: What's...
Now, not that this should matter, but I knew that Anna's son had special needs. And once again, this news filled me with the sense of panic and foreboding that has unfortunately become a hallmark of my daily work. I had a signed authorization to act as Anna's attorney, so I rushed over to the port of entry
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
the dirty secret of it is it has to be heated, really, to be edible -- are themselves subjected to rape, which is a tool of the genocide that is being used. And the peacekeepers I've mentioned, the force has been authorized, but almost no country on Earth has stepped forward since the authorization
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Our campaign to ban...
And after several days knocking on doors and just being kids on a mission, we finally got to the commercial manager of Bali airports. And we gave him the "Bali of plastic bags" speech, and being a very nice man, he said, "I cannot believe what I'm about say, but I'm going to give authorization
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
And yet, when congressmen discovered what was actually being done with that authorization, many of them were completely shocked. Or do you think that is not a legitimate reaction, that it's only because it's now come out publicly, that they really knew exactly what you were doing
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Kenneth Cukier: Big data...
The idea is that the carjacker sits behind the wheel, tries to stream off, but the car recognizes that a non-approved driver is behind the wheel, and maybe the engine just stops, unless you type in a password into the dashboard to say, "Hey, I have authorization to drive." Great.
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Martin Schoeller: Kayapo...
first you're very excited, then there's a problem with FUNAI, with the authorization, you don't know if you actually can go. Then it goes back and forth. Then you are going all of a sudden. This is all the equipment we took. My approach to photographing these cultures
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How a start-up in the...
This is used to file for your replacement green card. Now, for immigrant visa holders, a replacement green card is a big deal. Your green card is your proof of identification, it's your work authorization, it's the proof that you can be here in this country.
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Use art to turn the...
Okay, India. Before I start that, just so you know, each time we go to a place, we don't have authorization, so we set up like commandos -- we're a group of friends who arrive there, and we try to paste on the walls.
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Who were Las Mariposas,...
Minerva graduated with highest honors as one of the first women in the country to receive a law degree. But she was denied state authorization to practice— a process Trujillo oversaw.
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What doctors don't know...
They took all of the trials which were submitted to the FDA as part of the approval package. So that's not all of the trials that were ever conducted on these drugs, because we can never know if we have those, but it is the ones that were conducted in order to get the marketing authorization. And then they went to see if these trials had been published
Video examples
Erika Pinheiro: What's...
Now, not that this should matter, but I knew that Anna's son had special needs. And once again, this news filled me with the sense of panic and foreboding that has unfortunately become a hallmark of my daily work. I had a signed authorization to act as Anna's attorney, so I rushed over to the port of entry
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
the dirty secret of it is it has to be heated, really, to be edible -- are themselves subjected to rape, which is a tool of the genocide that is being used. And the peacekeepers I've mentioned, the force has been authorized, but almost no country on Earth has stepped forward since the authorization
Video examples
Our campaign to ban...
And after several days knocking on doors and just being kids on a mission, we finally got to the commercial manager of Bali airports. And we gave him the "Bali of plastic bags" speech, and being a very nice man, he said, "I cannot believe what I'm about say, but I'm going to give authorization
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
And yet, when congressmen discovered what was actually being done with that authorization, many of them were completely shocked. Or do you think that is not a legitimate reaction, that it's only because it's now come out publicly, that they really knew exactly what you were doing
Video examples
Kenneth Cukier: Big data...
The idea is that the carjacker sits behind the wheel, tries to stream off, but the car recognizes that a non-approved driver is behind the wheel, and maybe the engine just stops, unless you type in a password into the dashboard to say, "Hey, I have authorization to drive." Great.
Video examples
Martin Schoeller: Kayapo...
first you're very excited, then there's a problem with FUNAI, with the authorization, you don't know if you actually can go. Then it goes back and forth. Then you are going all of a sudden. This is all the equipment we took. My approach to photographing these cultures
Video examples
How a start-up in the...
This is used to file for your replacement green card. Now, for immigrant visa holders, a replacement green card is a big deal. Your green card is your proof of identification, it's your work authorization, it's the proof that you can be here in this country.
Video examples
Use art to turn the...
Okay, India. Before I start that, just so you know, each time we go to a place, we don't have authorization, so we set up like commandos -- we're a group of friends who arrive there, and we try to paste on the walls.
Video examples
Who were Las Mariposas,...
Minerva graduated with highest honors as one of the first women in the country to receive a law degree. But she was denied state authorization to practice— a process Trujillo oversaw.
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Quote examples
Chris Gibson
American Politician
Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
Unfortunately, since its passage in 1973, the War Powers Resolution has been stripped of its original purpose and has instead served as a temporary, de facto authorization for the executive branch to use military force whenever it deems it necessary.
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Bradley Byrne
American Politician
I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. military actions against ISIS. We must stand up against this vile enemy and protect United States citizens both at home and abroad.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.
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Norm Dicks
American Politician
Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.
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Russ Carnahan
American Politician
The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.
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Everett Dirksen
American Politician
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.
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Ricardo Rossello
Puerto Rican Politician
We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.
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Chris Gibson
American Politician
Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
Unfortunately, since its passage in 1973, the War Powers Resolution has been stripped of its original purpose and has instead served as a temporary, de facto authorization for the executive branch to use military force whenever it deems it necessary.
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Bradley Byrne
American Politician
I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. military actions against ISIS. We must stand up against this vile enemy and protect United States citizens both at home and abroad.
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.
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Norm Dicks
American Politician
Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.
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Russ Carnahan
American Politician
The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.
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Everett Dirksen
American Politician
I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.
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Ricardo Rossello
Puerto Rican Politician
We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.
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