the power or right to give orders or make decisions | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together |
official permission or approval | a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge |
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
an authoritative written work | a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance |
an administrative unit of government | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone |
an expert whose views are taken as definitive | a major division of a long written composition |
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
| a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
| a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |