say-so
say
seÉĒ
sei
so
soƊ
sow
/ˈseÉĒˌsəʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "say-so"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž, āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž

the power one has to influence decisions and actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without his boss 's say-so, he could n't proceed with the changes to the plan.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
02

an authoritative statement or declaration

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He acted on the say-so of the safety inspector.
03

an arbitrary assertion or opinion, often personal or unofficial

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rule was enforced at the say-so of a single employee.
LanGeek
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