verification

n.

1. The act of verifying or the state of being verified.
2. 1. A confirmation of truth or authority.
   2. The evidence for such a confirmation.
   3. A formal assertion of validity.
3. Law. An affidavit that attests to the truth of a pleading.

verificative ver'i·fi·ca'tive adj.

(1) To prove the correctness of data.

(2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate.

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Banking:

1. Employer's confirmation of a borrower's annual income, requested by a lender when screening a Credit Application.

2. Auditing procedure whereby the accuracy of bank records is checked by direct contact with customers. Verification, also called Confirmation can be positive or negative. In negative verification, a bank customer is asked only to notify the bank of bookkeeping errors; in positive verification, the customer is asked to verify an account balance as of a specific date.

3. Validation of a Personal Identification Number when a bank card is used at an automated teller machine or point-of-sale terminal.

Accounting: auditor's review of financial statements by comparing journal entries to actual documents, such as cancelled checks, copies of loan documentation, and so on.

Sworn statements before a duly qualified officer that the contents of an Instrument are correct.
Example: A tenant takes a landlord to court to recover a Security deposit. The tenant files a claim describing the Conditions under which the Deposit is to be refunded and the manner in which the tenant complied with the conditions. The tenant then supplies verification of this description by a sworn statement.

noun

That which confirms: attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, warrant. See true/false.

n. 1. the process of establishing the truth, accuracy, or validity of something: the verification of official documents.

2. the process of ensuring that procedures laid down in weapons limitation agreements are followed.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Confirmation of correctness, truth, or authenticity of pleading or other paper affidavit, oath, or deposition, 12 F. 2d 81, 83; an affidavit attached to a statement affirming the truth of that statement. See 105 P. 2d 59, 63.

(DOD) 1. In arms control, any action, including inspection, detection, and identification, taken to ascertain compliance with agreed measures. 2. In computer modeling and simulation, the process of determining that a model or simulation implementation accurately represents the developer's conceptual description and specifications. See also configuration management; independent review; validation.

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Common misspelling(s) of verification

• verfication

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bekræftelse, efterprøvning, bevis, verifikation

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevestiging, staving, verificatie, natrekking

Français (French)
n. - vérification, contrôle, (Mil) vérification

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachweis, Bestätigung, Überprüfung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επαλήθευση, εξακρίβωση, επιβεβαίωση

Italiano (Italian)
prova, verifica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - verificação (f), confirmação (f)

Русский (Russian)
проверка, подтверждение, установление подлинности

Español (Spanish)
n. - confirmación, verificación, comprobación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bekräftelse, bevis, kontroll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
确认, 作证, 查证

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 確認, 作證, 查證

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 입증, 증언, 증명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 確認, 立証, 検証, 証明

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اثبات, تحقق, تحقيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אימות, וידוא, הוכחה, אישור‬

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