authority

/ษ™หˆฮธษ‘ษนษ™ti/

IPA: /AH0 TH AO1 R AH0 T IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The power to enforce rules or give orders.

    โ€œI have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.โ€

  2. 2

    (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.

  3. 3

    A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

    โ€œthe world's foremost authority on orangutansโ€

  4. 4

    Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

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