Usually means: Sanction or endorsement by authority.
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  1. approval: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. approval: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. approval: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. approval: Collins English Dictionary
  5. approval: Vocabulary.com
  6. Approval, approval: Wordnik
  7. approval: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. approval: Wiktionary
  9. approval: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. approval: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. approval: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Approval, approval: Dictionary.com
  13. approval: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Approval: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Approval: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. approval: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. approval: Rhymezone
  18. approval: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. approval: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. approval: Free Dictionary
  21. approval: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. approval: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. approval: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. approval: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. approval: Legal dictionary
  2. Approval: Financial dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approval: Encyclopedia

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  1. approval: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
noun:  An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
noun:  (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

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