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noun

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1. Permission.

   Example: I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.

2. An act of authorizing.

3. (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.

   Example: Can I see your authorization?

4. 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.