This

plural of Thi

authority

1. Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
2. Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
3. A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
4. Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
5. Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
6. A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.

does

• Verb

  third-person singular simple present indicative of do

• Noun

not

• Adv

  1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
  2. To no degree.
  3. Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
  4. Used before a noun phrase or pronominal phrase to denote an aversion to its presence or occurrence.
  5. (informal) Used before a determiner phrase or a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) to convey some attitude (such as surprise, criticism, or embarrassment) towards someone or something, without conveying negation.

• Conj
• Intj
• Noun

extend

• Verb

  1. To increase in extent.
  2. To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
  3. To cause to increase in extent.
  4. To cause to last for a longer period of time.
  5. To straighten (a limb).
  6. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
  7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
  8. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
  9. Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
  10. To reenlist for a further period.

• Noun

licensure

1. The act of conferring a license for an activity.
2. The condition of being licensed.

non-governmental

Not belonging to, associated with or operated by a particular government.

agencies

plural of agency