accreditingn.
/əˈkrɛdᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈkrɛdədɪŋ/ 1. The action or process of providing with (official) accreditation.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > accreditation of ambassador(s)
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1818 Jrnl. House of Representatives 2nd Sess, 15th Congr. Index 411 Minister or Consul General, from any of the Independent governments of South America, inquiry whether any, and what applications have been made for the accrediting of.
1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. l. 797 The effects..appeared in the accrediting of Russian Ambassadors to the courts of these infant sovereigns.
1889 Mag. Christian Lit. Oct. 9/1 It was difficult to see what insuperable objection there could be to the accrediting of a British envoy on a regular footing.
1938 Times 28 Oct. 14/1 More formal recognition may now be expected, either in an exchange of letters or in the accrediting of the British Ambassador to the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia.
1984 K. N. Medhurst Church & Labour in Colombia v. 67 Documents, signed by parish priests, were frequently the means adopted for the accrediting of delegates to this crucial gathering.
2. Education. The action or process of establishing and monitoring performance standards in educational institutions. Also: official certification that such standards have been met or maintained (cf. accreditation n. 2).
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1834 House of Commons Papers, Rep. from Comm. VIII. ii. 186 Would you devolve upon it the accrediting of all hospitals, schools of medicine, and teachers, attendance whereon would be received in part of the prescribed course of study?
1889 Wisconsin Jrnl. Educ. Nov. 479/1 In our last issue the accrediting of the Black River Falls school..was accidentally transferred to the school at Black Earth, which is not accredited.
1902 School Rev. 10 viii. 615 The work of accrediting is delegated by the faculty to a committee..representing as fully as possible the various interests of the schools.
1931 H. M. Cook Training of State Teachers College Faculties i. 10 These discussions have been the basis for the development of standards for the accrediting of teachers colleges maintaining membership in the Association.
1998 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, Pa.) 26 May b1 The college has filed for initial, provisional accrediting of the program.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
accreditingadj.
/əˈkrɛdᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈkrɛdədɪŋ/ 1. Of a bank, etc.: that provides or enables the provision of credit.
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1822 Republican 23 Aug. 396 To say it is unjust to dis-accredit Bank notes, without protecting from loss him who has advanced property in reliance on the previous accrediting regulation—and yet, that it is perfectly just to cancel the law [etc.].
1865 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 608 Having negotiated bills and obtained money for a considerable amount, the ‘honourable traveller’ had taken himself off before notices of protest had come from the accrediting bankers.
1928 Ann. Surv. Eng. Law 151 The accrediting banker can insist on ‘clean’ bills of lading being presented to him by the accredited party.
1998 A. Lehnhoff & O. Núñes in K. Brandon et al. Parks in Peril ii. v. 131 Months later, an accrediting bank seized the logger's property as the result of an unpaid mortgage.
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a. That accredits or sanctions authoritatively; providing with credentials, esp. letters of credence.
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1839 J. M. White New Coll. Laws Concessions Land I. v. i. 528 The term of one year shall be granted to parish curates to present therein the accrediting documents of the confraternities, or charitable legacies.
1857 Marquess of Normanby Year of Revol. I. xi. 425 I did not know how he would propose that accrediting letters should be addressed, as the Commission was removable any day by the Assembly.
1910 G. G. Wilson Handbk. Internat. Law iii. v. 178 As the accrediting state has jurisdiction over its diplomatic representatives, it may recall the diplomat at pleasure.
2006 E. G. Coso in E. Guild & P. Minderhoud Immigration & Criminal Law in European Union ix. 290 The personnel of the carriers responsible had checked the validity of the entire accrediting document required to enter Spanish territory.
b. Chiefly Education (originally U.S.). Of a regulatory body: entitled to assess and certify that standards of practice have been met in educational institutions.
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1909 School Rev. 17 505 Some argue for systems of inspection and accrediting by the state departments of education..and denounce the present accrediting agencies.
1930 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 1 20/1 Tests of a quite different character from those now employed..by such accrediting agencies as the College Entrance Examination Board.
1966 Times 12 Apr. 10/4 It asks for inspection of all correspondence colleges by..a completely independent accrediting council.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 19/4 The company could be required to provide details of management training for black employees,..what competencies and credits they achieved, who was the moderator and the accrediting body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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