final say
Concluding word given
Final say is the authority to make a definitive decision that others must accept.
The person with final say settles disputes and ends deliberation: The editor has final say on what gets published.
Often appears with "have" or "get": Who gets final say on the budget?
One with choosing power
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- overrideCancel by authority
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
command · control · power · jurisdiction · sovereignty · autonomy · governance · leadership
Official court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
appeal · acquittal · conviction · tribunal · arbitration · binding decision · judicial review · court order
Concluding remark in debate
- closing argumentLawyer's final courtroom address
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- outcomeFinal result of events
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
wrap-up · endgame · culmination · completion · sign-off · bottom line · decisive moment · tiebreaker
decision-maker
One with choosing power
prerogative · command · control · power · jurisdiction · sovereignty · autonomy · governance · leadership · supremacy
verdict
Official court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
adjudication · appeal · acquittal · conviction · tribunal · arbitration · binding decision · judicial review · court order · injunction
last word
Concluding remark in debate
- closing argumentLawyer's final courtroom address
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- outcomeFinal result of events
settlement · wrap-up · endgame · culmination · completion · sign-off · bottom line · decisive moment · tiebreaker · clincher
weigh
Determine mass or ponder
- considerThink about carefully
- ponderThink deeply about
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
judge · discern · decide · determine · resolve · conclude · evaluate · assess · arbitrate · adjudicate
- judgment callsjudgment, verdict, ruling, determination, close call
- decisionschoice, make a decision, choices, yes, no
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, end
final saysuggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
recommendation · advice · advisory role · powerlessness · voicelessness
final sayfirst word
Earliest in order
opening remarks · opening statement · starting point · first impression · preamble
say, final, finally, finance, refine, finesse, finale, financial, financing