auth
verb
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To authenticate.
Example: You can't post messages on the site unless you're authed.
noun
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Something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
Proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
A hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork
noun
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One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority.
Example: The dictator was an authoritarian.
One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.
Example: 2006, Robert Altemeyer, The Authoritarians
noun
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Permission.
Example: I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.
An act of authorizing.
(A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
Example: Can I see your authorization?
Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
Example: We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.