Definition
Meaning of 'behalf'
Meaning of 'behalf' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Behalf 
[ n.]
- Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit;
support; defense; vindication. [ n.]Meaning of 'behalf' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. behalf [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)
- for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)
Example in sentence:
- campaigning in his own behalf;
- in your behalf;
- spoke a good word in his friend's behalf
Meaning (2):
- as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
- as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
Example in sentence:
- the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child;
- this letter is written on behalf of my client
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