justify

Definition

Examples

You must justify the cost of any new equipment you request.

Word Family

Synonyms

• defendargue or speak in defense of
• validatedeclare or make legally valid
• substantiateestablish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Collocations

• Easy hard to justify
  describing hard to justify (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
• Medium justify expenses with receipts
  to justify expenses with receipts, meaning to show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
• Hard justify capital allocation to shareholders
  to justify capital allocation to shareholders, meaning to show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
• Very Hard the end does not justify the means
  referring to the end does not justify the means