authorization

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) Permission.
  2. Noun.  (countable) An act of authorizing.
  3. Noun.  (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
  4. Noun.  (context, government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
  5. Noun.  (rfd-redundant) (computing) The permission to use a specific resource; access control.

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