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preauthorize

preauthorize verb: to authorize in advance.

Verb

preauthorize (third-person singular simple present preauthorizes, present participle preauthorizing, simple past and past participle preauthorized)

  1. To authorize in advance.
    • Associations can reap these benefits by convincing customers to preauthorize payments.1977, Savings and Loan News - Volume 98, Issues 1-6, page 58
    • Applicants applying by mail may preauthorize payment of the fee at the time the application is made.2005, Austin T. Fragomen, Immigration Procedures Handbook, page 247

Forms of preauthorize

third-person singular presentpreauthorizes
present participlepreauthorizing
past participlepreauthorized
pastpreauthorized

Origin of preauthorize

From pre- + authorize.

Questions about preauthorize

What does preauthorize mean?
Preauthorize means to authorize in advance.
What part of speech is preauthorize?
Preauthorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of preauthorize?
The past tense of preauthorize is preauthorized.

Words near preauthorize in the dictionary

  1. preauricularly
  2. preauthorisation
  3. preauthorisations
  4. preauthorization
  5. preauthorizations
  6. preauthorize
  7. preauthorized
  8. preauthorizes
  9. preauthorizing
  10. preautistic
  11. preautonomic

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