certificate /; AmE / noun, verb

■ noun [C]

DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE, DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE, FIRE CERTIFICATE, GIFT CERTIFICATE, INSURANCE CERTIFICATE, MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, PRACTISING CERTIFICATE, SHARE CERTIFICATE, STOCK CERTIFICATE, TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

an official document that can be used to prove sth, for example, that facts are true, that you own sth or have a particular qualification:

Some shareholders will not be able to vote as they have not received their share certificates.

a certificate of registration as a pharmacist

I was awarded a certificate for completing the course.

❖ to get/issue/obtain/provide/receive/require a certificate

◆ a bond/share/stock certificate

◆ a birth/death/marriage certificate

◆ a certificate of membership/ownership/registration

■ verb /; AmE / [+ obj] (BrE) (usually be certificated)

to give a person, a course, etc. an official document to show that a particular standard has been reached:

The qualifications are certificated by SCOTVEC.

• conditional sale
• conditional takeover bid
• conditions of sale
• conduct
• confer
• conference
• conference call
• conferencing
• confidence
• confidence trick
• confidential
• confidentiality
• configure
• confirm
• confirmation
• confirmed letter of credit
• confirming bank
• proof of purchase
• prop
• prop.
• propensity
• property
• property bond
• property company
• property development