Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who approves or commends.
- n. One who proves or offers to prove; specifically, in law, one who confesses a felony, and gives evidence against his accomplice or accomplices; an informer and accuser; one who turns king's or state's evidence.
- n. One who manages a landed estate for the owner; a bailiff or steward of a manor; an agent.
Wiktionary
- n. One who approves or gives approval.
- n. dated (law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; who commits approvement.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
- n. obsolete An informer; an accuser.
- n. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
- n. (Eng. Law), obsolete A bailiff or steward; an agent.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an authority with power to approve
Examples
“Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts.”
The Washington Post: D.C. probes credit card purchases by city insurance department
“The word 'approver' stuck in my gorge, as used by the Lord Chief Justice; for we looked upon an approver as a very low thing indeed.”
“The frivolity of the screenplay in first half acquires seriousness when the hero turns 'approver', bashes up the baddies, helps the police nab a bunch of terrorists and recovers a large quantity of RDX explosive towards the climax.”
“Mining Company (OMC), for allowing him to turn '' approver '' against telecom service provider Vodafone on Tuesday said that "no tax is payable" on the”
“An approving editor (or "approver") should be of the considered opinion that the article satisfies the Citizendium article approval standards.”
“(Can they they tell a fighter jet from a missile launcher?) 4) Require the "approver" to understand what they are actually buying in a contract?”
“I will work with the site approver to push for that.”
“Often times, the expense approver is spending hours and hours every week correcting the sales person's expenses because the employee didn't label their expenses with the proper information.”
The Huffington Post: Kathryn Born: Chicago Tech Startup: ProOnGo
“TINC: To quote your website, "Track your expenses instantly with our mobile apps, secure web portal, and email-in receipt receiver... all while delighting your expense approver with a report format that fits your company's QuickBooks requirements, Excel expense report template, or other customized report type.”
The Huffington Post: Kathryn Born: Chicago Tech Startup: ProOnGo
“This to Feinstein, the Mukasey approver (I freaking couldn't believe it when she did that):”
Obama Team Consulted Wyden on Panetta Pick -- But Shut Out Feinstein
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