v
(intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.
n
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
v
(transitive, law) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
n
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
n
(grammar) A speech act that gives permission or approval.
v
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
n
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
n
permission to proceed after obstacles have been removed
v
(Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of allow. [(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.]
v
Obsolete form of allow. [(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.]
v
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
n
permitted amount or activity.
n
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
n
Obsolete form of allowance. [Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting]
n
One who is allowed or permitted
v
(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
n
(countable) (A document containing) published rights with a guarantee of authenticity which may be verified independently of the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply.
v
Abbreviation of authorize. [(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).]
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized [Explicitly allowed.]
n
Alternative spelling of authorized term [(information science) A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.]
n
(government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
v
Obsolete spelling of authorize [(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).]
n
Obsolete spelling of CC BY-SA [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license.]
v
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
n
Synonym of planning permission
n
Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
n
The act of making a credit in accounting.
adj
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
v
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
adj
That grants permission or power to do something.
v
(as imperative, in response) You have my permission.
n
Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
v
To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
n
An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
v
(transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
v
(transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed.
adj
Alternative spelling of hardwired [(electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.]
adj
Alternative spelling of hardwired [(electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.]
n
Synonym of learner's permit
adj
Being allowed or prescribed by law.
adj
(of an activity) authorized by licence
v
(transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
v
To grant (a privilege etc, by a government etc).
adj
Approved by authority; authorized.
adj
All right, acceptable, permitted.
adj
(often hyphenated) Fully paid.
v
(transitive, nonstandard, rare) To grant permission to; permit
v
(transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.
adj
(of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner.
v
(transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
n
Alternative form of permittee [(law) One who receives a permit.]
adj
In possession of a permit.
n
The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
n
Obsolete form of permission. [authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)]
adj
Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
v
(transitive) To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
n
(insurance) A document in which the claimant confirms that the insurer-funded repairs to his/her vehicle are satisfactory.
n
The allowance of something not explicitly approved; tolerance, forbearance.
n
An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
n
Right or permission authorized verbally rather than in writing.
v
(transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).
adj
Allowed by waiver; permitted by exception granted from otherwise applicable rules.
n
(New Zealand) A certification that a motor vehicle is roadworthy, based on an annual or semiannual inspection.
adj
Authorized by warrant or right.
adj
Authorized with a warrant.
adj
(colloquial, jargon) Explicitly and specifically approved by appearing on a whitelist, and therefore having greater access or preference.
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