Authorisations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act or process of granting permission or approval to do something, often involving legal or regulatory compliance
2. The formal granting of rights or power to undertake specific actions or access resources, typically issued by an authority
3. A set of permissions given to individuals or organizations allowing them to perform certain tasks or access specific information

Etymology: "Authorisations" is simply the plural of "authorisation," the British spelling of "authorization," a noun for the act of authorising or the permission that results from it. The word is built from "authorise," which comes from Old French "autoriser," itself from Medieval Latin "auctorizare," meaning to give authority to. The root is Latin "auctor," meaning originator or source of authority, so the idea of permission traces back to the notion of someone whose word carries weight. The "-ation" ending, borrowed through French from Latin "-atio," turns the verb into a noun for the resulting state or act.

Synonyms: authorizations