BEHALF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as 'on behalf of' rather than 'in behalf of')

Example:

this letter is written on behalf of my client

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("behalf" is a kind of...):

lieu; place; position; stead (the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

For someone's benefit (usually expressed as 'in behalf' rather than 'on behalf' and usually with a possessive)

Example:

spoke a good word in his friend's behalf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("behalf" is a kind of...):

interest; sake (a reason for wanting something done)

Credits

Context examples:

“Write to James on her behalf! No, James should never hear Isabella's name mentioned by her again.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

It was well to have a comfort in store on Harriet's behalf, though it might be wise to let the fancy touch it seldom; for evil in that quarter was at hand.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I cannot accept on His behalf a divided allegiance: it must be entire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A person appointed by the company to speak on its behalf and/or to provide defined service and work.

(Company Representative, NCI Thesaurus)

These activities involve facilitating service delivery on behalf of the client, communicating with health and human service providers, promoting assertive client communication, and guiding the client toward use of appropriate community resources.

(Case management nurse, NCI Thesaurus)

A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a medical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.

(Medical Product Document, NCI Thesaurus)

The Foundation conducts its fundraising and advocacy efforts on behalf of 90% of the children with cancer in North America, receiving federal and non-federal grants and awards to distribute to the member-institutions.

(National Childhood Cancer Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

A document defining content and form of the information that has to be supplied with or about a pharmaceutical product by or on behalf of the marketing authorization holder.

(Pharmaceutical Product Information, NCI Thesaurus)

As he said this with a gentle melancholy, which was the next thing to making no charge at all, I expressed my acknowledgements on Peggotty's behalf, and paid Tiffey in banknotes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

An individual who is authorized under applicable State or local law to consent on behalf of a child or incapable person to general medical care including participation in clinical research.