Behalf
[bɪ'hɑːf] or [bɪ'hæf]
Definition
(noun.) as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as 'on behalf of' rather than 'in behalf of'); 'the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child'; 'this letter is written on behalf of my client';.
(noun.) for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); 'in your behalf'; 'campaigning in his own behalf'; 'spoke a good word in his friend's behalf'.
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Definition
(n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Benefit, advantage, profit, interest, account, behoof.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Side, interest, advantage, aid, bestead
ANT:[See BESTEAD]
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Definition
n. favour or benefit: cause: sake account: part—only in phrases 'on ' 'in behalf of ' 'on his behalf.'
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Examples
- We take the liberty of coming, my young companion and I, madam,' said Riah, 'on behalf of Lizzie Hexam. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And on whose behalf, he said, do you wish to do this? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Pray do everything on my behalf that is civil to Mr and Mrs Gowan, for we will--ha--we will certainly notice them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I think that I should prefer to carry on the argument mainly on my own behalf. Plato. The Republic.
- I am bound by my vow to do so, replied the knight; but I would willingly know who you are, who request my assistance in their behalf? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Will you have the goodness to accept of a few prospectuses for distribution in behalf of a friend of mine? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Having made her final effort on Lily's behalf, and landed her safely in Mme. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The first idea that presented itself to her was, that all this sickening alarm on Frederick's behalf was over; that the strain was past. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You abase them more than is needful, in the faint hope that others may say a word in their behalf--which won't happen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But she was all aglow with her reception, carried away by this little flattering ceremonial on her behalf. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It will not need, said the Lady Rowena, breaking silence; My voice shall be heard, if no other in this hall is raised in behalf of the absent Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A letter, under date Portsmouth, from a colonist of the name of Provis, asking for the particulars of your address, on behalf of Magwitch. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Shall I say instead: on behalf of abstract justice? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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