Confirmation

  • 21CONFIRMATION — s. f. Ce qui rend une chose ferme et stable. La confirmation d un jugement, d un arrêt. Obtenir des lettres de confirmation. Confirmation de priviléges, de droits, de prérogatives, etc. La confirmation ou ratification d un acte.   Il se dit aussi …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22confirmation — confirmational, adj. /kon feuhr may sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of confirming. 2. the state of being confirmed. 3. something that confirms, as a corroborative statement or piece of evidence: His birth certificate served as confirmation of his… …

    Universalium

  • 23CONFIRMATION — n. f. Ce qui rend une chose ferme et stable. La confirmation d’un jugement, d’un arrêt. Obtenir des lettres de confirmation. Confirmation de privilèges, de droits, de prérogatives, etc. La confirmation ou ratification d’un acte. Il se dit aussi… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 24confirmation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ additional, further ▪ Practically every new piece of documentary evidence provides additional confirmation that the charges are true. ▪ independent ▪ direct ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25confirmation — (kon fir ma sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action de confirmer, de garantir, d assurer une chose. La confirmation d un privilége. La confirmation d une nouvelle. Ce fait mérite confirmation. Il m a donné de nouvelles confirmations …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 26Confirmation —    An ordinance of the Church, sacramental in character and grace conferring. It is administered to those who have been baptized and is effected by prayer and the Laying on of Hands by the Bishop. Hence the Scriptural name for it is The Laying on …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 27Confirmation — The written statement that follows any trade in the securities markets. Confirmation is issued immediately after a trade is executed. It spells out settlement date, terms, commission, etc. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * confirm… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 28confirmation — The document used to state in writing the terms of a trade that were previously agreed to orally by the buyer and the seller. American Banker Glossary The written statement that follows any trade in the securities markets. Confirmation is issued… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 29confirmation */ — UK [ˌkɒnfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms confirmation : singular confirmation plural confirmations 1) [uncountable] a statement saying that something is definitely true or accurate The claims have received independent… …

    English dictionary

  • 30confirmation — n. 1) official; unofficial confirmation 2) confirmation that + clause (we have received confirmation that she will attend) * * * [ˌkɒnfə meɪʃ(ə)n] unofficialconfirmation official confirmation that + clause (we have received confirmation that she… …

    Combinatory dictionary