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authorizing

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɔθɝˌaɪzɪŋ// au·tho·riz·ing

v. giving official permission for something to happen. You use this when someone in charge says 'yes' to a plan or a payment.

v. granting official permission or legal power to an individual or entity to perform a specific act. Often used in administrative, legal, or financial contexts to denote the formal approval of a transaction or policy.


SIMPLE

The manager is authorizing the refund now.

CONTEXTUAL

By signing the document, the director is authorizing the release of funds for the new community project.

COMPLEX

The security protocol requires a senior administrator to be authorizing any high-level access requests before the system can grant entry to the encrypted database.

Synonyms
Usage

The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, typically an action, payment, or person.

Pitfall

He is authorizing to the payment.He is authorizing the payment.Authorize is a transitive verb and should not be followed by a preposition before its object.

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