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To give official authorization or status. To recognize as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for professional practice. In International Law: (1) To acknowledge; to receive as an envoy and give that person credit and rank accordingly. (2) To send with credentials as an envoy. This latter use is now the accepted one. accredit verb accept, affirm, approve, authenticate, authorize, certify, confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction, vouch for Associated concepts: accredited law school, accredited reppesentative See also: agree, allow, approve, ascribe, authorize, bestow, certify, concur, confirm, corroborate, cosign, countenance, delegate, empower, honor, indorse, notarize, qualify, seal, sign, support, trust, verify TO ACCREDIT, international law. The act by which a diplomatic agent is acknowledged by the government near which he is sent. This at once makes his public character known, and becomes his protection. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| CCAC accredits aging services continuums, including continuing care
retirement communities and other retirement organizations. Together with the AALR, NRPA accredits 100 institutes of higher
learning in North America for their park, recreation or leisure studies
programs. The Continuing Care Accreditation
Commission (CCAC), which accredits continuing care retirement
communities and aging services continuums, has issued a risk-management
standard focusing on five areas where providers tend to be especially
vulnerable: human resources, governing board, building and grounds,
finance and quality in resident life. |
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