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Mandate vs Authorization - What's the difference?

mandate | authorization |

As a verb mandate

is .

As a noun authorization is

(uncountable) permission.

mandate

English

(wikipedia mandate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

    • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory

    • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory

    External links

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    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

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