🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

批准者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hijunsha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ratifier/ˈræt.ɪ.faɪ.ər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"政府はその条約の主要な批准者となった。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person, organization, or nation that gives formal consent, approval, or sanction to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.

    "As a key ratifier of the international climate treaty, the nation committed to strict emission reductions."
  2. 2

    Something that confirms, validates, or bears out a statement, action, or state of affairs.

    "The committee served as the final ratifier of the newly proposed corporate bylaws."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English verb ratify, originating from Old French ratifier, which stems from medieval Latin ratificare (from Latin ratus meaning 'fixed, settled' plus facere 'to make'). The agent noun suffix -er was added in the 16th century to denote a person or entity that formally approves or validates an agreement.

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