单词 | approval |
释义 | approvaln. 1. The action of approving; sanctioning approbation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] willOE allowancec1400 acceptationa1425 allowing1435 approof1439 approving1523 comprobation1529 owning1535 approbation1548 good liking?1560 suffrage1563 acceptance1569 liking1569 pleasure1569 allowment1570 approvance1592 probatum1606 approvement1615 sufferage1622 the light of a person's countenance1649 reception1660 receivedness1661 imprimatur1672 approval1690 sanction1738 go-down1753 rubber stamping1920 1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue 46 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. A Censor of Justice..without whose approval, no capital Sentences are to be executed. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiv. 57 I..in her looks Approval met. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. v. vii. §2 Mankind had stamped its approval upon certain actions. 2. on approval: phrase in commercial use denoting that goods sent to a customer are submitted for his or her examination only, without obligation to purchase (if they are returned undamaged). Also without preposition and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adverb] > on approval on approval1870 on (or upon) appro1874 on approbation1880 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > on trial [phrase] > specifically of goods on approval1870 on (or upon) appro1874 on approbation1880 1870 St. James's Mag. 4 598 They had evidently brought most of the things ‘on approval’. 1877 Design & Work 15 Dec. 667/2 Watch... English lever..approval. 1877 Design & Work 22 Dec. 690/3 Sheets of stamps sent on approval. 1880 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 Jan. Suppl. 1/1 Breech~loaders. Great Bargains... Approval. Deposit. 1880 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 Jan. Suppl. 5/2 Mulready envelope and 380 foreign stamps. Sent on approval. 1891 Stamp Collecting June 21 Is there no way of suppressing the Approval-sheet Swindler? 1902 Connoisseur Jan. (advt.) Stamps... We are sending out Approval Sheets and Books. 1906 Drapers' Record 27 Oct. 190 These goods cannot be sent on approval. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1690 |
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