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Office & Administration vocabulary · Expenses, Approvals & Procedures

Segregation of duties

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In office & administration, segregation of duties means: Dividing key stages of a process among different people so one person cannot control the whole transaction.

In Turkish: görevlerin ayrılığı

How it is used

Used in internal controls for purchases and payments; requesting, approving and paying may be assigned to different people.

Example sentences

  1. Segregation of duties prevents the employee who requests supplies from approving their own purchase.

    Requesting and approving are kept with different people.

  2. The review found weak segregation of duties because one person created suppliers and released payments.

    Combining these stages gives one person too much control over payments.

Common collocations

  • segregation of duties policy
  • maintain segregation of duties
  • weak segregation of duties
  • approval workflowThe ordered process that sends a request or document to the right people for review and formal approval.
  • purchase orderAn official document a company sends to a supplier to order goods or services, listing the items, quantities, prices and an order number.

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