consent

/kənˈsent/ verb [I]

Definition

› to give official permission or agreement for something to happen: consent to sth Pressure is being put on shareholders to consent to the takeover.

(Definition of consent verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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