Noun: say-so sey sow
- The power or right to give orders or make decisions
"he has the say-so to issue warrants";
- authority, authorization, authorisation [Brit], potency, dominance
- An authoritative declaration
"The project couldn't proceed without the manager's say-so";
- pronouncement, dictum
- One chap's arbitrary assertion
"We can't just take his say-so as fact"; "The decision was made on the manager's say-so alone"
Derived forms: say-sos
Type of: affirmation, assertion, control, declaration, statement