EMPOWER – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
empower
v.
bestow authority on a person, give power; enable, allow, permit
EMPOWER
EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as
Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or
Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying , is a non-profit organization in
Thailand that supports
sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education, as well as individual counselling. The organization also lobbies the government to extend regular labor protections to sex workers and to decriminalize sex work. The organization maintains centres in
Patpong (
Bangkok),
Chiang Mai,
Mae Sai and
Patong,
Phuket.
Empower
Variants of the term
empower occur in:
- Empower America, a conservative think tank in the United States
- EMPOWER, a Thai organization supporting sex workers
- EmPower (aircraft power adapter), a standard for 15 Volt direct current power outlets in passenger airplanes
- Empower (emergy), the flow of emergy (embodied energy)
- Empower (software), a chromatography software developed by Waters Corporation
- Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), a district cooling company part of Dubai Holding
EmPower (aircraft power adapter)
EmPower is a 15 volt
DC connector type found on many commercial
airlines designed to provide power to travelers' electronic devices. The system is limited to 75 watts. The use of a special connector is to prevent laptops charging at altitude and ensure that only approved adapters can be used.
empower
Verb
1. give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
(synonym) authorise, authorize
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) entitle
(derivation) authorization, authorisation, empowerment
2. give qualities or abilities to
(synonym) endow, indue, gift, invest, endue
(hypernym) enable
(hyponym) cover
empower
v.
zmocnit
empower
Czas.
upoważniać; umożliwiać