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Definition of Behalf
1. Noun. As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as. "This letter is written on behalf of my client"
2. Noun. For someone's benefit (usually expressed as 'in behalf' rather than 'on behalf' and usually with a possessive). "Spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
Definition of Behalf
1. n. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
Definition of Behalf
1. Noun. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Behalf
1. interest, support, or benefit [n -HALVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behalf
Literary usage of Behalf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"Benefices, in ca»< s lawfully permitted by the in th.it behalf. ... deputed in
that behalf, such Curate as another, as often howsoever they shall be ..."
2. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"August 8th, 1778, [ On the part and behalf of the y state of New Hampshire.
in the part and behalf of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. On the part and behalf ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"But if hereafter, in thine own behalf, Losing these gifts, thou yet comest forth
at last, Albeit thine arm be powerful as of old To save us, yet thy glory ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"1670 in behalf of Charles Fitzroy, natural son of Charles II by the Duchess of
Cleveland. The re-created earldom of Southampton was elevated into a dukedom ..."
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