noun [sing] (informal 非正式) the power or authority to make decisions and give permission for things to be done 决定权: The measure gives state government more say-so in these types of legal matters. 这一措施给州政府在这些法律事务上更多的决定权。ordinary employees with little say-so against the management没什么能力左右管理层的普通员工 without sb's say-so without permission that sb gives to do sth 未经某人准许:
Nothing could be done without her say-so.未经她准许，什么都不可以做。She took some of his money without his say-so.她未经他许可拿了他一些钱。