approval

[ uh-proo-vuh l ]

/ əˈpru vəl /

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noun

the act of approving; approbation.

formal permission or sanction.

Philately. one of a group of selected stamps sent by a dealer to a prospective customer for examination and either purchase or return.

Nearby words

appropriable, appropriacy, appropriate, appropriation, approvable, approval, approve, approved, approved school, approved social worker, approver

Idioms

on approval, without obligation to buy unless satisfactory to the customer upon trial or examination and, otherwise, returnable: We ship merchandise on approval.

Origin of approval

First recorded in 1680–90; approve + -al²

Related forms

non·ap·prov·al, nounpre·ap·prov·al, nounpro·ap·prov·al, adjectivere·ap·prov·al, noun

self-ap·prov·al, noun

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Examples from the Web for approval

“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
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Vreeland believes that in the end, his grandmother put her subtle seal of approval on his lifestyle.
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He tried to contact a Health Republic doctor to overrule the nurse and get approval for payment.
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The writer has followed a rule but compromised clarity; whether the vote or the approval was immediate is ambiguous.
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Inside Kobani others had a different worry: that the Turks would reverse their approval of a relief force.
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He had straightened up and his eyes shone with a glow of approval.
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I am of the opinion that the chartering of a national bank will not meet his approval.
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There was a roar of approval from the army at this alluring suggestion.
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It stands almost as a suppliant for the alms of approval of other races.
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I was obliged, in obedience to strict duty, to submit the work to Monseigneur, and to beg his Grace's approval.
Balthasar|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for approval

approval

/ (əˈpruːvəl) /

noun

the act of approving

formal agreement; sanction

a favourable opinion; commendation

on approval (of articles for sale) for examination with an option to buy or return

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Idioms and Phrases with approval

approval

see on approval; seal of approval.

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