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Authorization definition

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The act of authorizing.
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Legal power or right; sanction.
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The definition of an authorization is something that allows an action or event or an act of allowing some action or event to happen.

A warrant that allows police to search a building is an example of authorization.

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The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control.
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The process of granting approval or permission to a person or device seeking access to a resource, such as a database or network. Authorization involves complex software that resides on every secured computer on the network. Authorization systems include Access Manager, Kerberos, and Sesame. See also Access Manager, Kerberos, security, and Sesame.
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Determining what a user is allowed to do on a computer system or software application is known as authorization. In the world of Web applications, authorization is bidirectional, meaning that it controls what a user can do and also what a user can get in return from the application.
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(uncountable) Permission.

I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.

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(countable) An act of authorizing.
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(countable) (A document giving) Formal sanction, permission or warrant.

Can I see your authorization?

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(government) 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.

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Something that authorizes; a sanction.
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An authorizing or being authorized.
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Noun

Singular:
authorization
Plural:
authorizations

Origin of authorization

Authorization Sentence Examples

  • A century later, in 1767, the authorization was extended over the whole kingdom by an act of George III.

  • In the commune an official known as the receveur municipal receives all moneys due to it, and, subject to the authorization of the mayor, makes all payments due from it.

  • He then, in virtue of this authorization, struck coins in his own name (1185 A.H.) and ordered his name to be mentioned in public worship.

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