0 to give permission for something to happen: --
1 a traffic signal with the green part lit as a signal that it is safe to go: --
The developers were given a green light to go forward with the project.
2 permission to start doing something: --
3 to give permission for someone to do something or for something to happen: --
A green-light for the 13 episode order was contingent on international financing for the project, which makes the series more economically feasible as a summer replacement.
For years, the city and team ownership were embattled over attempts to gain funding and a green-light for construction of a new stadium.
The power to green-light a project is generally reserved to those in a project or financial management role within an organization.
After the series was given the green-light, they were rewritten to establish a season-long storyline.
Sugar later called the experience super terrifying, although the network did green-light the episode.
The green-light approach regards state involvement as an effective means to facilitate the delivery of communitarian goals.
Wing selection boards now meet to determine whether a cadet will be slotted as green-light, approved, or red-light.
A more stringent application of the sufficient interest test would be in line with the green-light approach that the courts adopt in administrative law.
