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  • 41authority — noun 1 POWER (U) the power you have because of your official position or because people respect your knowledge and experience: None of us questioned my father s authority. | the voice of authority (=a way of speaking that makes people respect… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42authority*/*/ — [ɔːˈθɒrəti] noun 1) [U] the power to make decisions and make people do what you want The president s authority is being questioned in the press.[/ex] Parents have legal authority over their children.[/ex] I don t have the authority to hire… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 43authority figure — noun someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else • Hypernyms: ↑authority * * * a person whose real or apparent authority over others inspires or demands obedience and emulation: Parents, teachers, and police officers are traditional… …

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  • 44Authority Zero — Sommaire 1 Le Groupe 2 Histoire du groupe 3 Membres 4 Discographie 5 Anecdotes …

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  • 45authority — Judicial or legislative precedent; power; warrant; a duly constituted administrative agency, such as a port authority. See civil authority; color of authority; public authority; scope of authority …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 46authority of agent — The power of the agent to affect the legal relations of the principal by acts done in accord with the principal s manifestations of consent to him. See agent s actual authority; agent s apparent authority; agent s express authority; agent s… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 47authority — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English auctorite, from Anglo French auctorité, from Latin auctoritat , auctoritas opinion, decision, power, from auctor Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) a citation …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 48Authority figures in comedy — A recurring theme in the literary, theatrical and film tradition of comedy is the use of stock characters representing authority figures, designed to poke fun at officialdom by showing that its members are not immune to entanglement in the… …

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  • 49Authority Bond — A debt security issued by an authority, such as a corporate or government agency, for purposes of financing the operations of a revenue generating public business. Investors in authority bonds have a claim to the business s revenues, which serve… …

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  • 50authority — noun 1) a rebellion against those in authority Syn: power, jurisdiction, command, control, charge, dominance, rule, sovereignty, supremacy; influence; informal clout See note at jurisdiction 2) the authori …

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