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preauthorized

preauthorized is the simple past and past participle of preauthorize.

Meaning of preauthorize

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

Questions about preauthorized

What is preauthorized the simple past and past participle of?
Preauthorized is the simple past and past participle of preauthorize.

Words near preauthorized in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preauthorized (page history and authors); preauthorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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