"on behalf of" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on behalf of, {{en-PP}} on behalf of
  1. Speaking or acting for. Synonyms (speaking or acting for): in behalf of [dated] Derived forms: for and on behalf of Related terms: in behalf of, in propria persona, in the interest of, on account of, on the part of, deputy Translations (speaking or acting for): ὑπέρ (hupér) [with-genitive] (Ancient Greek), بِاسْم (bi-sm) (Arabic), بِالنِّيَابَة عَن (bi-n-niyāba ʕan) (Arabic), بالنيابة عن (ben-nyaba ʕan) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), -অৰ হৈ (-or hoi) (Assamese), от и́мето на (ot ímeto na) (Bulgarian), (tì) (Chinese Mandarin), 代表 (dàibiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), a-barth (Cornish), bar' (Cornish), jménem (Czech), på vegne af (Danish), namens (Dutch), верч (verč) (Eastern Mari), (kellegi) nimel (Estonian), (kellegi) heaks (Estonian), puolesta (Finnish), nimissä (Finnish), au nom de (French), pour le compte de (French), no nome de (Galician), im Namen von (German), im Interesse von (German), im Auftrag von (German), zu Gunsten von (German), εκ μέρους (ek mérous) (Greek), מטעם (mitaam) (Hebrew), atas nama (Indonesian), ar son (Irish), per conto di (Italian), a nome di (Italian), ...の代わりに (no kawari ni) (alt: ...のかわりに) (Japanese), ...を代表して (... o daihyō shite) (alt: ...をだいひょうして) (Japanese), prō [with-ablative] (Latin), amin'ny anaran'i (Malagasy), på vegne av (Norwegian Bokmål), på vegner av (Norwegian Nynorsk), al nom de (Occitan), tar cenn (Old Irish), w imieniu (Polish), em nome de (Portuguese), от и́мени (ot ímeni) (Russian), от лица́ (ot licá) (Russian), às leth (Scottish Gaelic), en nombre de (Spanish), de parte de (Spanish), kwa niaba ya (Swahili), namı hesabına (Turkish), namına (Turkish), від і́мені (vid ímeni) (Ukrainian), tros (Welsh), dros (Welsh), ar ran (Welsh)

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          "word": "às leth"
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          "word": "en nombre de"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "de parte de"
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "kwa niaba ya"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "namı hesabına"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "від і́мені"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "tros"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
          "word": "dros"
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          "sense": "speaking or acting for",
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      "word": "puolesta"
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      "word": "atas nama"
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      "word": "ar son"
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      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "tar cenn"
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      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "per conto di"
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      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "a nome di"
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      "word": "på vegne av"
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      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "w imieniu"
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      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ot ímeni",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "от и́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ot licá",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "от лица́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "às leth"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "en nombre de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "de parte de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "kwa niaba ya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "namı hesabına"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "namına"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vid ímeni",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "від і́мені"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "tros"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "dros"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "speaking or acting for",
      "word": "ar ran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on behalf of"
}

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