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authority [ɔ:ˈθɒrəti, Am əˈθɔ:rət̬i] N

1. authority no pl (control):

authority
władza f
to be in authority
sprawować władzę

2. authority no pl (respect):

authority
autorytet m

3. authority (organization):

authority
organ m władzy
the authorities
władze fpl

4. authority no pl (permission):

authority
upoważnienie nt

5. authority (source):

authority
źródło nt

6. authority (expert):

an authority on sth
autorytet m w jakiejś dziedzinie

Phrases:

to have sth on good authority
wiedzieć coś z dobrego źródła

competition authority N

controlling authority N no pl LAW

customs authority N

customs authority
władze fpl celne

disciplinary authority N no pl

fiscal authority N ECON

fiscal authority
organ m skarbowy

management authority N LAW

penal authority N LAW

penal authority
władze fpl penitencjarne

port authority N

port authority
kapitanat m

regulatory authority N + sing/pl vb LAW

signing authority N no pl LAW

supervisory authority N + sing/pl vb

tax authority N

tax authority
władze fpl podatkowe

banking supervisory authority N ECON

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority N Brit

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority LAW → Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

See also Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board N LAW

Usage examples with authority

to assert one's authority
zaznaczać [perf zaznaczyć] swoją władzę
to be in authority
sprawować władzę
an authority on sth
autorytet m w jakiejś dziedzinie
delegation of authority/responsibility
przekazanie nt uprawnień/obowiązków
to come under sb's authority
znaleźć się pod czyjąś władzą
to have sth on good authority
wiedzieć coś z dobrego źródła
to delegate one's authority to sb
udzielać [perf udzielić] komuś pełnomocnictwa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Its design is to show the unlawfulness of revolting from the authority of the civil magistrate on account of religion.
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Known for his distinctive accent and flinty voice, he often played devious authority figures.
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He loses no time in asserting his new-found authority by dispensing unjust and brutal punishments among the junior schoolboys.
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I had been accustomed to respecting and even cherishing the principles of the nation, family, authority and property.
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A complete integrated solution in which movement authority and interlocking are integrated within wayside zone controllers; this reduces equipment and potential interfacing issues.
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The standardization of power capacitors is strongly focused on rules for the safety of personnel and equipment, given by the local regulating authority.
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Some of the pain of abandonment was eased through the sharing of stories about bushrangers who dared to rob the rich and flout authority.
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Alternatively, less popular binding corporate rules may be drafted and approved by the national authority to allow intra-group transfers of personal data.
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Throughout the series, he displays sardonic contempt for authority figures.
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He consistently talks down to the students and flaunts his authority throughout the film.
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