authority : Idioms & Phrases
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authority figure
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noun someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else
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civil authority
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noun a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
civil officer.
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Constituted authorities
- the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc.
Webster 1913
good authority
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noun testimony by someone who should know
- I have it on good authority
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local authority
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noun an administrative unit of local government
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palestine authority
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noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestine National Authority; Palestine Authority.
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palestine national authority
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noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestine National Authority; Palestine Authority.
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palestinian national authority
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noun combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestine National Authority; Palestine Authority.
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redevelopment authority
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noun a public administrative unit given responsibility for the renovation of blighted urban areas
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regulatory authority
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noun a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency.
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supreme authority
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noun someone with the power to settle matters at will
arbiter.
- she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion
