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approval|əˈpruːvəl|
[f. approve v.1 + -al2. Rare bef. 1800; now generally used instead of next.]
a. The action of approving; sanctioning approbation.
1690Temple Her. Virtue (J.) A censor of justice..without whose approval no capital sentences are to be executed. 1814Cary Dante, Parad. xxiv. 57, I..in her looks Approval met. 1843Mill Logic v. vii. §2 Mankind had stamped its approval upon certain actions.
b. on approval: phr. in commercial use denoting that goods sent to a customer are submitted for his examination only, without obligation to purchase (if they are returned undamaged). Also without prep. and attrib.
1870St. James's Mag. IV. 598 They had evidently brought most of the things ‘on approval’. 1877Design & Work 15 Dec. 667/2 Watch... English lever..approval. Ibid. 22 Dec. 690/3 Sheets of stamps sent on approval. 1880Bazaar, Exchange & Mart Suppl. 2 Jan. 1/1 Breech⁓loaders. Great Bargains... Approval. Deposit. Ibid. 5/2 Mulready envelope and 380 foreign stamps. Sent on approval. 1891Stamp Collecting June 21 Is there no way of suppressing the Approval-sheet Swindler? 1902Connoisseur Jan. (Advt.), Stamps... We are sending out Approval Sheets and Books. 1906Drapers' Record 27 Oct. 190 These goods cannot be sent on approval. |