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authorization | x |

As a noun authorization

is (uncountable) permission.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

authorization

English

Alternative forms

* authorisation

Noun

(wikipedia authorization)
  • (uncountable) Permission.
    • I've ''got'' authorization . Call the office and you'll see.
  • (countable) An act of authorizing.
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  • (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
    • Can I see your authorization ?
  • (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
    • We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

    Holonyms

    * (permission) access control * (an act of authorizing) access control * (government) budgeting

    Related terms

    * author * authority * unauthorized

    References

    * *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----