ratify
ra tuh fahy
- v approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- Time is running out for most tax evaders because more and more countries which are called tax havens are ratifying treaties that aim to catch the culprits.
- It is unthinkable that there some countries who have still not ratified the Geneva Convention for prisoners of war.
- Ecological agreements are non-starters because most governments do not ratify the treaties in their parliaments.