Definition of "approval" []

• The act or an instance of approving. (noun)
• An official approbation; a sanction. (noun)
• Favorable regard; commendation. (noun)
• On approval For examination or trial by a customer without the obligation to buy: took the dress on approval. (idiom)

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• "First, Ehrlich knows it would be extremely unlikely to win approval from the Democratic-dominated General Assembly."
• "It would certainly lengthen the time required to obtain approval from the FDA to license new medicines, and it would have a catastrophic impact on the huge and growing backlog at the U.S. Patents Office."
• "Not the way to lead and not the way to win approval from the voters for whom you work."