mandate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mandate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mandate

[ n.]

- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
- A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.
- A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.

Meaning of 'mandate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mandate

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- assign under a mandate

Example in sentence:

mandate a colony

Meaning (2):
- make mandatory

Example in sentence:

the new director of the school board mandated regular tests

Nearby Words:

man man-eater manable manace manacle manacled manacling manage manageability manageable

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Dual mandate
Dual mandate is a central bank mandate that features two co-equal objectives price stability and maximum employment.
Hierarchical mandate
Hierarchical mandate is a mandate for the central bank that puts the goal of price stability first, but as long as it is achieved other goals can be pursued.

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