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Authority — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Authority >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 authority authority Sgm: N 1 influence influence patronage power preponderance credit prestige prerogative jurisdiction Sgm: N 1 right right … English dictionary for students
authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu … Collocations dictionary
possess — verb Possess is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑acumen, ↑asset, ↑attribute, ↑authority, ↑capability, ↑capacity, ↑characteristic, ↑charm, ↑dignity, ↑firearm, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
implied authority — The actual authority of an agent, circumstantially proved, which the principal is deemed to have actually intended the agent to possess; authority of an agent arising independently of any express grant of authority, as from some manifestation by… … Ballentine's law dictionary
wield authority — Synonyms and related words: administer, administrate, be master, captain, carry authority, chair, command, control, crack the whip, direct, discipline, dominate, govern, have clout, have power, have the power, have the right, have the say, head,… … Moby Thesaurus
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