authorizes
Gives official approval
Authorizes means to give official permission or approval for something to happen.
A manager authorizes expenses, a government authorizes military action, a cardholder authorizes a transaction.
The word implies formal power to grant permission: Only the board can authorize such a large expenditure.
Someone authorized to act has been granted that right by a higher authority.
Awarded funds for purposes
- approvesFormally accepts or endorses
- permitsGrants formal authorization
- allowsGrants permission for
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
clears · greenlights · okays · rubber-stamps · endorses · validates · ratifies · accredits
Makes officially binding
- decreesOfficial orders with force
- legislatesMakes official laws
- codifiesFormalizes into regulations
- ordainsFormally appoints to ministry
mandates · prescribes · stipulates · ratifies · legitimates · statutory · judicial · regulatory
Grants ability or authority
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- entrustsAssigns for safekeeping
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
- vestsSleeveless upper garments
deputizes · designates · appoints · assigns · mandates · charges · invests · proxy
Evidence of qualification or identity
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- verificationProving something accurate
- loginAuthentication act or screen
password · biometric · two-factor · badge · keycard · PIN · token · firewall
Pays out officially
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- fiscalOf public revenue
- appropriatesTakes for one's use
grants
Awarded funds for purposes
sanctions · clears · greenlights · okays · rubber-stamps · endorses · validates · ratifies · accredits · certifies
enacts
Makes officially binding
- decreesOfficial orders with force
- legislatesMakes official laws
- codifiesFormalizes into regulations
ordains · mandates · prescribes · stipulates · ratifies · legitimates · statutory · judicial · regulatory · constitutional
empowers
Grants ability or authority
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- entrustsAssigns for safekeeping
- commissionsPayments for services rendered
vests · deputizes · designates · appoints · assigns · mandates · charges · invests · proxy · representative
credentials
Evidence of qualification or identity
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- verificationProving something accurate
login · password · biometric · two-factor · badge · keycard · PIN · token · firewall · encrypted
disburses
Pays out officially
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- fiscalOf public revenue
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
authorizesdelegitimizes
Removes perceived rightfulness
invalidates · outlaws · nullifies · criminalizes · condemns
- prior authorizationInsurer's advance approval requirement
- authorized personnelPeople granted official access
- authorized dealerSeller granted official permission
- authorized representative
- work authorizationLegal right to employment
- authorized biographyPermitted account of someone's life
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