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POTESTAD [2 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
DEF

A power or right delegated or given.

PHR

Commitment, contracting, departmental, drawdown, expenditure, financial, ministerial, signing, spending, statutory authority.

PHR

Authority continues. Authority granted by/to. Authority from.

PHR

To be given, delegate, exceed, exercice, grant, honour, obtain, provide, receive, respect authority. To release the authority for. To be granted authority to.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Privilège ou droit délégué ou accordé.

PHR

Avoir reçu, déléguer, exercer, recevoir, se voir accorder le pouvoir de. Accorder, assigner des pouvoirs. Respecter la délégation du pouvoir. Demander, dépasser, obtenir l'autorisation. Conférer une autorisation. Honorer les autorisations.

PHR

Pouvoir de dépenser, d'engagement, financier, du ministère, ministériel, de passer des marchés, de prélèvement, de signature/de signer.

PHR

Autorisation accordée à/par, conférée par, financière, législative, ministérielle. L'autorisation demeure en vigueur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad pública
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Record 2 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
DEF

Capacity to formally make and apply decisions, within certain constraints.

OBS

Authority is tied to legitimacy; when its exercise is considered appropriate to the context, the holder has the respect and confidence of organizational members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

En gestion du changement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de organización
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