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What (who) is behalf - definition
Behalf
BEHALF OFFERS SHORT-TERM FINANCING WITH FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT TERMS TO U.S. BASED BUSINESSES
·noun Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
behalf
BEHALF OFFERS SHORT-TERM FINANCING WITH FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT TERMS TO U.S. BASED BUSINESSES
n. in (AE), on smb.'s behalf
USAGE NOTE: Some purists maintain that in AE in smb. 's behalf means 'for smb.'s benefit', whereas on smb.'s behalf means 'as smb.'s representative'.
behalf
BEHALF OFFERS SHORT-TERM FINANCING WITH FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT TERMS TO U.S. BASED BUSINESSES
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative. The form in someone's behalf is also used, mainly in American English.
She made an emotional public appeal on her son's behalf...
Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.
PHRASE: PHR after v
2.
If you feel, for example, embarrassed or angry on someone's behalf, you feel embarrassed or angry for them.
'What do you mean?' I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.
PHRASE
Examples of use of behalf
1. We resent this on behalf of the public, but we also resent it on behalf of the police.
2. "These sessions are about me asking questions on behalf of the public, and you answering on behalf of the government.
3. Carroll but on behalf of every hostage, on behalf of every Iraqi that is living through this violence every day.
4. District Court in Washington on Turkistani‘s behalf.
5. William Ruschhaupt on behalf of Cleveland Clinic.