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Authorised

Definition: Authorised

Authorised

Adjective

1. Endowed with authority.

2. Sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "authorised" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

"Authorised" is a common misspelling or typo for: authorized.


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Authorised

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
AUTIFEnglishAuthorised Investment FundN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Authorised

Synonyms: authoritative (adj), authorized (adj). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: appointed agent (law), assisted and authorised by the husband, Association of Authorised Public Accountants (business, economics), authorised adjustment of the objectives (food & agriculture), authorised capital (public administration, business), authorised dealer (law), authorised dissemination (computing), authorised duration guideline (finance), authorised dwelling (building & civil engineering, statistics), Authorised Investment Fund (finance), authorised maximum demand (electrical engineering, engineering & technology), authorised removal of cells (medicine), authorised signatory (public administration), authorized capital (public administration, business), authorized capital stock, authorized dissemination (computing), authorized dwelling (building & civil engineering, statistics), authorized maximum demand (electrical engineering, engineering & technology), authorized stock (public administration, business), book authorised by the university (education, publishing & graphic arts), Book of Authorised Signatories (public administration, european union), list of authorised signatures (law), maximum authorised speed (law, transportation), officially authorised edition (publishing & graphic arts), parking authorised (law), registered capital (public administration, business), visé-ed edition (publishing & graphic arts).
Antonym: unauthorized (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Authorised

Specialty definitions using "authorised": alternative operator services, authorised capital, authorised maximum demand, authorised signatory, authorized capital, authorized capital stock, authorized maximum demandcallback, cellular subscriberfacilitated notificationholder of power, housing permitsImperium in ImperioLEC card, legitimate smokemaximum authorised speed, mobile customer, mobile radio subscriber, mobile subscriber, mobile telephone subscriber, mobile userpacing group, Penitential Psalms, permits issued, Pie Poudre, PUT/FORCE/STATUS commandsrecognised clearing house, recognized clearing house, registered capitalsemi-skimmed milk, software audit, statement of capability to implement a projectto authenticate, trade readjustment allowancework completion statement, working hours, working time. (references)

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Modern Usage: Authorised

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I want the name of the tech who made it. I want to know who authorised its use, who checked it out from inventory, (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Authorised

DomainTitle

Books

  • Whitefella dreaming : the authorised biography of William Ricketts (reference)

  • Ko te Paipera Tapu : ara, ko te Kawenata Tawhito me te Kawenata Hou : ta Kingi Hemi Whakamanatanga = the Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments : Authorised King James Version (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Authorised

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The same applies to all arsenals except those used as depots for the authorised stocks of munitions. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Authorised

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Married women, you know, may be safely authorised.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The Thenardiers felt doubly authorised to treat her thus, as the mother, who still remained at M__ sur M__, began to be remiss in her payments.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Authorised

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It is the authorised centre for Allison T56/501 engines and Textron Lycoming T53 engines, and has capabilities to repair and overhaul GE F404, Turbomeca Makila 1A, GE J85, PW JT8D, PW JT15D, Curtiss Wright J65 and Rolls Royce Avon 207 engines. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Authorised

"Authorised" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 43.31% of the time. "Authorised" is used about 814 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)43.31%35315,179
Lexical Verb (past participle)40.37%32915,846
Lexical Verb (past tense)14.72%12029,358
Noun (proper)1.6%1397,576
                    Total100.00%814N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Authorised

Expressions using "authorised": authorised capital authorised maximum demand authorised signatory maximum authorised speed. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "authorised": fsa-authorised, non-authorised.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Authorised

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

authorised dealer kinetico

4

authorised playboy

4

authorised compaq provider service

4

authorised baan customisation provider

2

alfa authorised dealer romeo uk

2

authorised person

2

alfa authorised dealer romeo

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Authorised

Language Translations for "authorised"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

批准 (Approve, Approved, Approving, authorise, Authorize, Authorized, Authorizing, ratification, ratified, ratify, Ratifying). (various references)

   

Danish

  

udled ikke stoffet i kloak eller miljø,men aflever det til en autoriseret affaldsindsamlingsvirksomhed (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), medmindre Raadet tillader en fravigelse (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), lønmodtagere ved en befuldmægtiget (employees represented by their authorised agent), for at kunne registreres blandt de værdier,som er genstand for transaktioner,skal guld handles på et marked,som kan være officielt eller ikke-officielt.Dette marked skal imidlertid være autoriseret og organiseret (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), center autoriseret til udtagning af humant embryologisk materiale (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wettelijk erkend centrum voor de afname van menselijk embryonaal materiaal (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials), tenzij de Raad een afwijking van de bepaling toestaat (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), om gerekend te worden tot de waarden die voorwerp van financiële transacties zijn,moet het financiële goud verhandelbaar zijn op een-al dan niet officiële,maar erkende en georganiseerde-markt (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), niet in het riool of het milieu lozen,naar een erkend afvalinzamelpunt brengen (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), loontrekkers vertegenwoordigd door een gemachtigde (employees represented by their authorised agent), deze stof en de verpakking naar inzamelpunt voor gevaarlijk of bijzonder afval brengen (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), bijgestaan en gemachtigd door de man (assisted and authorised by the husband), Besluit vakbekwaamheidseisen gevolmachtigde agent (Authorised Agents(Professional Competence Requirements)Decree). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aviomiehen avustamana ja valtuuttamana (assisted and authorised by the husband). (various references)

   

French

  

assistée et autorisée par le mari (assisted and authorised by the husband), sauf dérogation autorisée par le Conseil (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), salariés représentés par un mandataire (employees represented by their authorised agent), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point), pour être enregistré parmi les valeurs objet de transactions financières,l'or financier doit faire l'objet d'un marché officiel ou non,mais autorisé et organisé (be authorised and organised), ne pas rejeter l'égout ou dans l'environnement,éliminer ce produit dans un centre agréé de collecte des déchets (dispose in an authorised waste collection point), employé qui doit disposer d'un pouvoir (employee who must be authorised), centre légalement habilité extraire des matériels embryonnaires humains (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials), éliminer ce produit et son récipient dans un centre de collecte des déchets dangereux ou spéciaux (dispose to an authorised waste collection point). (various references)

   

German

  

Angestellter,der einer Vollmacht bedarf (employee who must be authorised), um unter den finanziellen Transaktionen erfaβt werden zu können,muβ das finanzielle Gold auf einem offiziellen oder nicht offiziellen-jedoch genehmigten und organisierten-Markt gehandelt werden (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), nicht in die Kanalisation oder die Umwelt ableiten,an genehmigte Sondermüllsammelstelle abgeben (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), gesetzlich genehmigtes Zentrum zur Entnahme menschlichen Embryonalmaterials (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials), es sei denn,dass der Rat eine Abweichung zulaesst (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), durch einen Bevollmächtigten vertretene Arbeitnehmer (employees represented by their authorised agent), durch den Ehemann ermächtigt sein (assisted and authorised by the husband). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

για να εγγραφεί ανάμεσα στις αξίες που απορελούν αντικείμενο χρηματοπιστωτικών συναλλαγών,ο οικονομικός χρυσός πρέπει να πωλείται σε αγο (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), νόμιμα εξουσιοδοτημένο κέντρο για αφαίρεση ανθρώπινου εμβρυϊκού υλικού (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials), να μη διοχετευθεί σε δίκτυο υπονόμων ή στο περιβάλλον.Να διατεθεί σε εγκεκριμένο χώρο συλλογής αποβλήτων (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), εκτός αν το Συμβούλιο επιτρέψει παρέκκλιση (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), Σ56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56). (various references)

   

Italian

  

smaltire i residui in un punto di raccolta rifiuti autorizzato (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), salvo deroga autorizzata dal Consiglio (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), per essere registrato tra i valori oggetto di transazioni finanziarie,l'oro finanziario deve essere l'oggetto di un mercato,ufficiale o no,ma autorizzato e organizzato (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), non scaricare nelle fognature o nell'ambiente,smaltire i residui in un punto di raccolta rifiuti autorizzato (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), non scaricare nelle fognature o nell'ambiente (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), lavoratori dipendenti rappresentati da un mandatario (employees represented by their authorised agent). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

인가하" (Authorized). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

authoriseday

   

Portuguese

  

assistida e autorizada pelo marido (assisted and authorised by the husband), trabalhadores representados por um mandatário (employees represented by their authorised agent), salvo derrogação autorizada pelo Conselho (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), para poder ser registado entre os valores objecto de operações financeiras,o ouro financeiro deve ser objecto de um mercado,oficial ou não,mas autorizado e organizado (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), não efectuar a descarga no sistema de esgotos ou no ambiente;entregar num local autorizado para recolha de resíduos (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), não efectuar a descarga no sistema de esgotos ou no ambiente (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), entregar num local autorizado para recolha de resíduos (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уполномоченный (assignee, commissioner, proxy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asalariados representados por un mandatario (employees represented by their authorised agent), S56 (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), para ser registrado entre los valores objeto de transacciones financieras, el oro financiero debe poderse vender en un mercado, sea o no oficial. Sin embargo, este mercado será un mercado autorizado y organizado (be authorised and organised, financial gold must be sold on a market, for its value to be recorded among financial transactions, however, whether official or not.This market must), no verter en desagües o en el medio ambiente. Elimínese en un punto autorizado de recogida de residuos (dispose to an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment, S56), no verter en desagües o en el ambiente, elimínese en un punto autorizado de recogida de residuos (dispose in an authorised waste collection point, do not discharge into drains or the environment), centro legalmente autorizado para la extracción de material embrionario (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

om inte rådet medger avvikelse härifrån (unless an exception is authorised by the CounCil), centrum med rättslig behörighet att avlägsna humant embryologiskt material (centre legally authorised for the removal of human embryological materials). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Authorised

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-o-r-s-t-u"

-1 letter: authorise, outraised, thioureas.

-2 letters: asteroid, auditors, authored, hardiest, hideouts, hoariest, outdares, outheard, outhears, outraise, outreads, outrides, outsider, readouts, sautoire, thesauri, thiourea.

-3 letters: airshed, airthed, aridest, aroused, astride, auditor, authors, dashier, dauties, dearths, dehorts, detours, diaster, disrate, dithers, dourahs, dourest, drouths, dustier, earshot, editors, hairdos, hardest, hardies, hardset, hastier, hatreds, heriots, hideous, hideout, hirsute.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-o-r-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: housetrained.

 

+3 letters: diathermanous.

 

+4 letters: countershading.

 

+5 letters: countershadings, echinodermatous, hyperfastidious.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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