Implies that the authorising authority has verified and validated that the activity or transaction conforms with established policies and procedures.

chiefly British English spelling of authorization (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize.

The consent given by a participant (or a third party acting on behalf of that participant) in order to transfer funds or securities.

When the customer’s bank (aka the ‘issuing bank’) verifies that the customer has enough funds to cover the payment amount.

Permission for a venue to operate a particular gaming machine, or game software.

access control. Setting up the permitted actions for an authenticated user after you have determined he is indeed who he claims to be. authentication blog disqus JSON Live ID logon OpenID security

(n) a document giving an official instruction or command(n) the power or right to give orders or make decisions(n) official permission or approval(n) the act of conferring legality or sanction or form [..]

Administrative act concerning the export of cultural goods. It is delovered by State of origin of the object at the request of the individual concerned. It allows for the object to leave the customs territory of the State under its control. Source: Dictionnaire comparé du droit du patrimoine culturel

  The process whereby a person approves a specific event or action. In companies with access rights hierarchies it is important that audit trails identify both the creator and the authoriser of new or amended data. It is an unacceptably high risk situation for an individual to have the power to create new entries and then to authorise those same en [..]

The action of determining once a user has authenticated to a system what aspects or parts of the system the user is actually allowed to use.

Permission granted by the UK financial services regulator to an entity that meets the regulator's requirements to conduct a specified financial sector activity or range of financial services activities.

The commission to a certain person or body to act on behalf of another person or body ; the person or body can be authorised e.g. to issue air waybills or to collect freight

American Express may require Charges to be authorised by us before they are accepted by a Merchant. Authorisations are done by telephone or electronically at the time a purchase is being made.

Authorisation is a process of validating a user’s authority to access a specific piece of information.

When a card transaction is received by the DPG which does not contain an authorisation code, the transaction is sent to your acquiring bank for 'authorisation'. If the transaction is authori [..]