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Look up: AUTHORITY


  1. Authority
    [textual criticism] The authority of a text is its reliability as a witness to the author`s intentions. These intentions could be initial, medial or final, but intentionalist editors (most notably represented by Fredson Bowers and G. Thomas Tanselle editing school) generally attempt to retri...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_(textual_criticism)

  2. Authority
    [management] Authority in management is the formal or legitimate authority specified in a charter that gives a project manager the authority to act in the name of the sponsoring executive or on behalf on the organization{Citation needed|date=February 2010}. There are different types of autho...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_(management)

  3. authority
    [Noun] Plural form: authorities. A person or group of people in charge with the power to control things.
    Example: Health authorities say smoking is bad for you.
    See also: official
    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  4. Authority
    Following Max Weber, many sociologists have argued that authority is the legitimate power which one person or a group holds over another. The element of legitimacy is vital to this understanding of authority and is the main means by which authority is distinguished from the more general concept of p...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20212

  5. authority
    [n] - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others 2. [n] - an expert whose views are taken as definitive 3. [n] - an authoritative written work 4. [n] - the power or right to give orders or make decisions 5. [n] - official permission or approval
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=authority

  6. Authority
    power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive
    Found op http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/objects/2143/2195136/glossary/glossary

  7. Authority
    The ability to get things done because one`s orders are seen to be legitimate or justified – legitimate power.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  8. Authority
    The concept in technical analysis that a trend in a share price is more meaningful if the number of... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/authority.htm?id=2014&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of authority'>more</a>
    Found op http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/home.htm

  9. authority
    In a political system, the capacity to take and enforce decisions. The nature, sources, and limitations of political authority have been much debated questions since the time of the ancient Greeks. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  10. Authority
    Au·thor'i·ty noun ; plural Authorities [ Middle English autorite , auctorite , French autorité , from Latin auctoritas , from auctor . See Author , noun ] 1. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/148

  11. authority
    noun an authoritative written work; `this book is the final authority on the life of Milton`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=authority

  12. authority
    authorization noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions; `he has the authority to issue warrants`; `deputies are given authorization to make arrests`; `a place of potency in the state...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=authority



  1. authority
    noun an expert whose views are taken as definitive; `he is an authority on corporate law`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=authority

  2. authority
    noun official permission or approval; `authority for the program was renewed several times`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=authority

  3. Authority
    • (n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book. • (n.) Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/authority/

  4. authority
    (from the article `collective behaviour`) How the immediate effects of collective behaviour are translated into long-term consequences depends upon several contingencies, of which four merit ... ...less emphasis on traditional cultural norms, especially those that limit individual self-expression. A...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/127

  5. Authority
    See Federal Labor Relations Authority.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21021

  6. Authority
    The word authority is derived from the Latin word auctoritas, meaning invention, advice, opinion, influence, or command. In English, the word authority can be used to mean power given by the state (in the form of Members of Parliament, Judges, Police Officers, etc.) or by academic knowledge of an a...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority

  7. Authority
    A state or local unit of government created to perform a single activity or a limited group of functions and authorized by the state legislature to issue bonded debt.
    Found op http://www.emuni.com/glossary.html

  8. authority
    1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions
    2. (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
    3. an expert whose views are taken as definitive
    4. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
    5. an administrative unit of government
    6. official ...
      Found op

    7. Authority
      The authority of a source is determined by who wrote it and what credentials they have in the field about which they are writing
      Found op http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/glossary.html

    8. authority
      A form of power based on consensus regarding the right to issue commands and make decisions.
      Found op http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html

    9. Authority
      The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands. A judge, for example, has authority to enforce obedience to his not being correct.
      Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/a224.htm

    10. Authority
      (n) Authority is the form of power bestowed on a person by virtue of his holding of certain position or social responsibility to fulfill the duties entrusted on them. Authority is the tool used to demand diligence and obedience of the persons under their command to achieve the objectives of the grou...
      Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/authority.htm

    11. Authority
      The Department of Health.
      Found op http://www.london.nhs.uk/your-nhs-in-london/glossary-of-terms

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