Acceptance of a given risk by an insurer because the underwriting standards of the insurer have been met.

1680s, from approve + -al (2). According to OED, "Rare bef. 1800; now generally used instead of" approvance (1590s, from French aprovance).

A process for sanctioning a proposed course of action usually following some form of review. It should involve the transfer of the necessary supporting Authority and Responsibility with the expectatio [..]

Most governance schemes involve a ‘sign off’ or approval stage when the contents of a prior stage are submitted for review against predetermined criteria.  Reducing the number of duplicate or redundan [..]

blessing: the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" a feeling of l [..]

See programme approval.

Acceptance of the borrower's loan application. Approval means that the borrower meets the lender's qualification requirements

Where a private or public bill has had to go through a process of Reconsideration, the final step of that process is for Parliament to decide whether to approve the bill.

(n) the formal act of approving(n) a feeling of liking something or someone good(n) acceptance as satisfactory(n) a message expressing a favorable opinion

n. aprobación

  A legal instrument deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, affirming a State’s or regional economic integration organization’s consent to be bound by this Convention.  This Convention shall b [..]

Approval means an official action by a local government legislative body agreeing to submit a proposed shoreline master program or amendments to the department for review and official action pursuant to this chapter; or an official action by the department to make a local government shoreline master program effective, thereby incorporating the appr [..]

Process that is gone through in order for a device to receive approval by a Government regulatory agency. This includes any required preclinical or clinical testing, Review, submission, and evaluation [..]

The process of gaining approval by a Government regulatory agency for Diagnostic Reagents and Test Kits. This includes any required preclinical or clinical testing, Review, submission, and evaluation [..]

Process that is gone through in order for a drug to receive approval by a Government regulatory agency. This includes any required pre-clinical or clinical testing, Review, submission, and evaluation [..]

Checking of the quality of goods by a surveyor or a monitoring company.

See registration

An approval is a task within a workflow that requests an action (approval or denial) from a user or user group before the workflow continues.

It is a requirement that EPA written approval under section 17K of the Pollution Control Act 1970 be sought before construction begins on works related to an industry that is scheduled under the Clean Air Act or Noise Control Act or as required by section 19 of the Clean Waters Act. Approval fees are based on the estimated costs of development.

An acceptance of a payment. Usually in the form of an authorization code provided by the Issuing bank.  

The process of granting permission. This is required prior to the purchase of a travel ticket.

See the entry for "Authorization"

Approval usually is used to describe treatments or procedures that have been certified by utilization review. Can also refer to the status of certain hospitals or doctors, as members of a plan. Can describe benefits or services, which will be covered under a plan. Generally, approval is either granted by the managed care organization (MCO), third p [..]

Written approval for travel performed and related expenses incurred without prior authorization (6 FAM-111.3) (USAID Automated Directives System - ADS - Chapters 522, 523, 524, and 525).

In practice, approval has been used instead of ratification when, at a national level, constitutional law does not require an international agreement to be ratified by the Head of State. Approval has the same legal effect as ratification.

 A process of quality assuring courses and programmes against an established criteria. (See also approved course)

 Transaction was approved. An approval code (also called the authorization code) is a six digit code sent to the merchant when transaction is approved.

The affirmative decision of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) that the clinical trial has been reviewed and may be conducted within the constraints set forth by the REC, the institution, Good Clinic [..]

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thingphilately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated inter [..]