The word "certifies" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone or something has been officially recognized or approved as meeting certain requirements. For example: "The CPA certified the financial records for the year."
Once the board certifies the election, the loser may choose to go to the courts.
If not, as seemed increasingly likely, the Democrats will have won both chambers of Congress.In theory, everyone could have to wait until the Virginia Board of Election certifies the results.
Yet limiting certification to co-ops means "missing out on helping the vast majority of farm workers, who work on plantations," says Mr Wille of the Rainforest Alliance, which certifies producers of all kinds.Guaranteeing a minimum price also means there is no incentive to improve quality, grumble coffee-drinkers, who find that the quality of Fairtrade brews varies widely.
However the Marine Stewardship Council, a London-based charity that certifies the fishery as sustainable through an independent auditor, said this was within the natural range of variation for the species, and that a recovery is expected this year.
Mr Coburn's measure has been modified to allow exceptions for research that the NSF director certifies would promote "the national security or economic interests of the United States".
And Iraq, for its part, is saying that the only just outcome of the review would be an immediate lifting of the oil embargo which is supposed to happen only when Unscom certifies that the country is weapons-free.
Started by a group of sheep ranchers, the label certifies that farmers will not shoot wolves, grizzly bears or mountain lions that prey upon their livestock.
This body, set up in 1993 and run from Mexico, certifies forests that are managed according to certain environmental and social standards.
Since 2000, the governments of over 75 countries have signed up to the Kimberley Process, which certifies that diamonds produced for foreign markets have not helped to fund violence.
Some 65 luthiers have formed a consortium that certifies products and helps with marketing.Francesco Toto, the consortium's vice-president, thinks that the luthiers benefit from the craft's long tradition in Cremona.
The New Teacher Project has a prestigious fellows programme that recruits and certifies new teachers.
