名词

1. 命令;许可;准许
If you do something on someone's say-so, they tell you to do it or they give you permission to do it.

1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions

e.g. he has the authority to issue warrants
deputies are given authorization to make arrests
a place of potency in the state

Synonym: authorityauthorizationauthorisationpotencydominance

2. an authoritative declaration

Synonym: pronouncementdictum

3. one chap's arbitrary assertion