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21behalf — See: in behalf of or on behalf of, in one s behalf or on one s behalf …
22behalf*/ — [bɪˈhɑːf] noun on sb s behalf; on behalf of sb 1) instead of someone, or as a representative of someone[/ex] A lawyer read out a statement on behalf of the victim s family.[/ex] 2) in order to help someone I offered to speak to the manager on his …
23behalf — n. Phrases and idioms: on (US in) behalf of (or on a person s behalf) 1 in the interests of (a person, principle, etc.). 2 as representative of (acting on behalf of my client). Etymology: mixture of earlier phrases on his halve and bihalve him,… …
24behalf — noun (in phr. on (US also in) behalf of or on someone s behalf) 1》 in the interests of a person, group, or principle. 2》 as a representative of. Origin ME: from a mixture of the earlier phrs on his halve and bihalve him, both meaning on his side …
25behalf — on behalf of on someone s behalf …
26behalf — n 1. in or on behalf of for, acting for, in place of, representing, as a representative of, in the name of, on the part of, under authority of, on orders of. 2. in or on one’s behalf in the interest of, for the benefit of, for the advantage of …
27behalf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. interest, benefit, advantage. See utility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. interest, part, welfare, sake, side, benefit, advantage, place, account, service, stead, profit, concern, furtherance, recommendation …
28behalf — [14] Behalf was compounded from the prefix be ‘by’ and the noun half, in the sense ‘side’. The latter had been used in such phrases as on my half, that is, ‘on my side, for my part’, since late Old English times, and the new compound began to… …
29behalf */*/ — UK [bɪˈhɑːf] / US [bɪˈhæf] noun on someone s behalf …
30behalf — Ma, no, pono. ♦ In your behalf, no kou pono …
