obligational authority
noun
the necessary authority that precedes budget spending by a government agency or department, granted by Congress through appropriations.
Words Nearby obligational authority
- oblation
- obligate
- obligated
- obligation
- obligational
- obligational authority
- obligative
- obligato
- obligatory
- oblige
- obliged
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How to use obligational authority in a sentence
In addition, the accumulated obligational authority of the Federal Government for future payment totals over 80 billion dollars.
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