Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who manages a landed estate for the owner; a bailiff or steward of a manor; an agent.
- noun One who approves or commends.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Law), obsolete A bailiff or steward; an agent.
- noun One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
- noun obsolete An informer; an accuser.
- noun (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st
Approvement , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
approves or givesapproval . - noun dated (law) In English
common law , a person whoaccuses aconfederate ; who commitsapprovement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an authority with power to approve
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Examples
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Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts.
D.C. probes credit card purchases by city insurance department Tim Craig 2011
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Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts.
D.C. probes credit card purchases by city insurance department Tim Craig 2011
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Kenneth Ward, chief of policy and administration at the department, is listed as the "approver" for the Electroworld transactions, according to the receipts.
D.C. probes credit card purchases by city insurance department Tim Craig 2011
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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.
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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.
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Mining Company (OMC), for allowing him to turn '' approver '' against telecom service provider Vodafone on Tuesday said that "no tax is payable" on the
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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.
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An approving editor (or "approver") should be of the considered opinion that the article satisfies the Citizendium article approval standards.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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An approving editor (or "approver") should be of the considered opinion that the article satisfies the Citizendium article approval standards.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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An approving editor (or "approver") should be of the considered opinion that the article satisfies the Citizendium article approval standards.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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