delegated authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdelegateandauthority
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delegate
noun[C]
uk/ˈdel.ɪ.ɡət/us/ˈdel.ə.ɡət/
a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofdelegateandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It relies typically on legislation,delegatedauthorityand specific fiscal incentives.
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In essence, interest group liberalism refers to a system of self-government in which economic interests, organized in groups, aredelegatedauthorityover policy making in a particular policy realm.
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The other two were for very small value works, which the district works officer placed with the company in accordance with hisdelegatedauthority.
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What we have under the existing law is public control of licences bydelegatedauthority.
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The chief executive and the board have full executive responsibility for the implementation of the industrial development drive and well-establisheddelegatedauthority.
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Is there an obligation on an authority to exercise itsdelegatedauthorityreasonably?
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I set myself utterly against the proposition ofdelegatedauthority.
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It is for member organisations to decide thedelegatedauthoritythat they give officers.
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This payment could, therefore, have been made by any authorised bank under itsdelegatedauthority.
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The chairman is responsible to the governing body as a whole, subject to anydelegatedauthoritywhich that governing body may have granted to him.
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Continually, clauses simply provide for adelegatedauthorityto permit regulations to be drawn up.
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They have all the necessarydelegatedauthorityto take appropriate action as swiftly as possible.
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This was an operational matter within thedelegatedauthorityof these two bodies.
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The dangers of the principle ofdelegatedauthorityhave already been pointed out.
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Any individual agencies that are established under the measure can vary the terms and conditions of the service for which adelegatedauthorityexists.
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How is thedelegatedauthorityto be given?
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I do not think that thisdelegatedauthoritycan be justified on the ground that it will save valuable parliamentary time.
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Delegatedauthorityis a bad thing in all circumstances, but it is doubly bad in relation to the mines.
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It is a simple and straightforward chain of command, and thedelegatedauthoritystops with the man with the rank of major.
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The second recommendation suggested that there should be an inter-departmental committee to review arrangements fordelegatedauthority.
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