Cases of word usage

1) an official representing the government of her or his country in a foreign country (ambassador)

2) an official agreement (e.g. to a proposal, a bill passed by Parliament) (assent)

3) an official examination of accounts to see that they are correct and organized (audit)

4) something given as the result of an official decision e.g. a prize in a competition (award)

5) an official order that something must not be done (ban)

6) an official statement of news (bulletin)

7) an official who works in a government department, especially who obeys the rules without exercising much judgment (bureaucrat)

8) (especially) an official with authority to examine books, magazines, plays, films etc and to remove anything regarded as immortal or in other ways undesirable (censor)

9) an official counting of the population, traffic etc (census)

10) an official written or printed statement that may be used as proof or evidence (certificate)