self-certification

self-certifi ¦ca ¦tion |sɛlfˈsəːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice of giving information about oneself or one's company in a formal statement rather than being obliged to ask a third party to do so: the applicability of self-certification to aircraft safety tests. • the practice, for the purpose of claiming sick pay, by which an employee rather than a doctor declares in writing that an absence was due to illness. DERIVATIVES self-certificate noun

self-certification

self-certifi ¦ca ¦tion |sɛlfˈsəːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice of giving information about oneself or one's company in a formal statement rather than being obliged to ask a third party to do so: the applicability of self-certification to aircraft safety tests. • the practice, for the purpose of claiming sick pay, by which an employee rather than a doctor declares in writing that an absence was due to illness. DERIVATIVES self-certificate noun