authority authorization authorisation sanction | official permission or approval, authority for the program was renewed several times |
authority authorization authorisation potency dominance say-so | the power or right to give orders or make decisions, he has the authority to issue warrants, deputies are given authorization to make arrests, a place of potency in the state |
assurance self-assurance confidence selfonfidence authority sureness | freedom from doubt, belief in yourself and your abilities, his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular, after that failure he lost his confidence, she spoke with authority |
authority | an authoritative written work, this book is the final authority on the life of Milton |
good authority | testimony by someone who should know, I have it on good authority |
Palestine National Authority Palestinian National Authority Palestine Authority | combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force, created in by an agreement between Israel and the PLO |
agency federal agency government agency bureau office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
redevelopment authority | a public administrative unit given responsibility for the renovation of blighted urban areas |
regulatory agency regulatory authority | a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest |
local authority | an administrative unit of local government |
arbiter supreme authority | someone with the power to settle matters at will, she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion |
authority | an expert whose views are taken as definitive, he is an authority on corporate law |
authority | (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others, the authorities have issued a curfew |
authority figure | someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else |
civil authority civil officer | a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs |
arbitral arbitrational | relating to or resulting from arbitration, the arbitral adjustment of the controversy, an arbitrational settlement |