authorise a payment

Meaning

To give official permission or approval for a financial transaction to take place. This term is widely used in banking, online shopping, and corporate finance contexts.

Examples

• Please log into your banking app to authorise the payment.

  Please log into your banking app to authorise the payment.

• The finance manager must authorise any payment over one thousand dollars.

  The finance manager must authorise any payment over one thousand dollars.

• I cannot authorise a payment without receiving a signed invoice first.

  I cannot authorise a payment without receiving a signed invoice first.

• The system failed to authorise the payment due to insufficient funds.

  The system failed to authorise the payment due to insufficient funds.

• You will receive a security code on your phone to authorise the payment.

  You will receive a security code on your phone to authorise the payment.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to accept this payment on my bank app.

  ✓ I need to authorise this payment on my bank app.

  'Accept' implies receiving money; 'authorise' is the correct formal action of granting permission for a transaction to go through.

• ✗ The manager authorized to the payment.

  ✓ The manager authorised the payment.

  'Authorise' is a transitive verb and does not require the preposition 'to'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• You need to enter your PIN to ___.

  💡 give official permission for the transaction

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  authorise a payment

• The bank will not ___ unless you verify your identity.

  💡 approve a financial transfer

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  authorise a payment