obligational authority

noun

the necessary authority that precedes budget spending by a government agency or department, granted by Congress through appropriations.

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earnest
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
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