Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Authorization only
An authorization only transaction is a transaction that is created to reserve an amount against a credit card’s available limit for intended purchases; an authorization only transaction is intended for a merchant’s protection, to assure that the credit card has a limit high enough to allow a transaction.
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