Give formal confirmation, by the authorised body, of an action or decision Receipts and payments account Income actually received and paid out for a year or other period, without additional indication of other sums outstanding, owed to or by an organisation
When national leaders or organizations ratify a treaty or written agreement, they make it official by giving their formal approval to it, usually by signing it or voting for it. The parliaments of Australia and Indonesia have yet to ratify the treaty. to make a written agreement official by signing it ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc (ratifier, from ratificare, from ratus; RATE)
To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination