Delegation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of delegating.
  • n. The condition of being delegated.
  • n. A person or group of persons officially elected or appointed to represent another or others.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of delegating.
  • n. A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
  • n. : A method dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
  • n. : A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s permission.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
  • n. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; ; a deputation.
  • n. A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sending or deputing; the act of putting in commission, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate.
  • n. A person or body of persons deputed to act for another or for others; specifically, in the United States, the whole body of men who represent a single district or State in a representative assembly.
  • n. In Austria-Hungary, one of two bodies summoned annually by the emperor to legislate on matters pertaining to the whole empire.
  • n. In civil law, the act by which a debtor, in order to be freed from his debt, offers in his stead to the creditor another person, who binds himself for the debt.
  • n. In French usage, a share certificate.
  • n. In banking, an informal and non-negotiable letter employed by bankers for the transfer of a debt or credit.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a group of representatives or delegates
  • n. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
    • Cross Reference
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    deputation    commitment    intrustment    committal    representative   
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    delegate    envoy    embassy    diplomat    committee   
     
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