the power or right to give orders or make decisions | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry |
official permission or approval | |
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | |
an authoritative written work | |
an administrative unit of government | |
an expert whose views are taken as definitive | |
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others | |