authorization
US /ˌɔθɚəˈzeɪʃən/
Definition
a document giving an official instruction or command
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
You need written authorization from your supervisor to order new equipment.
Word Family
Synonyms
- permissionapproval to do something
- approvalthe formal act of approving
- clearancethe distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
Collocations
- Easy prior authorizationdescribing prior authorization (the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot)
- Medium require managerial authorizationto require managerial authorization, meaning to require as useful, just, or proper
- Hard obtain formal regulatory authorizationto obtain formal regulatory authorization, meaning to come into possession of
- Very Hard transaction without board authorizationdescribing transaction without board authorization (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))
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