delegationn.

Brit.

/ˌdɛlᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌdɛləˈɡeɪʃən/

Forms: 1500s delegacion, 1500s– delegation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlēgātiōn-, dēlēgātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēlēgātiōn-, dēlēgātiō (in legal context) assignment to a third party of the creditor's interest in, or the debtor's liability for, a debt, in post-classical Latin also mandate, instruction, authority (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), assignment of tribute (4th cent.) < dēlēgāt- , past participial stem of dēlēgāre delegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Middle French delegacion , delegation , French délégation (13th cent. in Old French), Spanish delegación (16th cent.), Portuguese delegação (15th cent.), Italian delegazione (c1300), and also German Delegation (early 16th cent.; in early use often with Latin inflectional endings). Specific senses. In sense 4b after delegate n. 4. In sense 5a after French délégation (1869 in this sense).

a. The action of delegating a person or thing; spec. (a) the appointment of a person as deputy or representative; (b) the entrusting of authority, responsibilities, etc., to another person or group; the fact of being delegated. Also: an act or instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > delegation of authority

procuration?a1439

procuratory1448

delegacyc1460

deputation1552

delegation1555

1555 Supplicacyon Quenes Maiestie f. 18^v Expedicions of bulles for archbisshopriches and bysshopriches for delegacions and rescriptes in cawses of contencion.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. ii. 72 To countenance such Delegation of an entrusted Office, to Deputies.

1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 37 Others..conceive that God did not utter the Law himself, but by delegation of his Angels.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 33 The business of the Publick must be done by delegation.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 302 The same sanction was given to those temporary delegations of the signiory to a prince.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 80 He is a sovereign, inasmuch as he does not rule by delegation from any personal superior.

2019 Cyprus Mail (Nexis) 24 Feb. The essential ingredient of regulation, coordination and control at the federal level does not preclude the delegation of authority to the constituent states.

†b. The action of sending a person to a particular place as delegate or representative. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > sending on a mission

legation1523

delegation1641

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §13. 130 If the greatest part of Titus his travels had beene before his delegation to Creet.

c. The action of handing something over to a person, or of allocating something (esp. money, resources, etc.) for a particular purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [noun] > handing over

delivery1327

tradition?1538

delation1681

delegation1681

1681 E. Sclater Serm. Putney 7 There are two parts of Moses his Power intimated fairly enough in the Delegation of these silver Trumpets.

1796 J. Vancouver Enq. Causes & Production Poverty 58 The employers feeling the consequence they had derived by this unconditional delegation of property, would not..easily relinquish the power it bestowed.

1873 Dublin Rev. Oct. 329 The lawfulness of this delegation of capital scarcely admits of a doubt.

1970 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 29 Jan. 3/3 This efficient delegation of resources and subsequent conglomeration would not be accomplished at a small price.

2015 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 31 Aug. There are several mechanisms in place to ensure proper delegation of money by young entrepreneurs.

2. The authority to act, take decisions, etc., which is given to a delegate or representative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > a commission given to anyone > to a delegate

legacya1450

delegation1581

1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges iv. f. 45 If this iurisdiction spiritual be alwaies of right a sequele of the crowne.., assuredly Christ nor none of his Apostles could otherwise enter to conuert Countries, preach, and exercise iurisdiction spiritual, without Cæsars and others the kings of the Countries licence and delegation.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xix. §212. 435 When..others usurp the place, who have no such Authority or Delegation.

1796 ‘An Old Whig’ Three Lett. Right Hon. Edmund Burke 48 No pretendedly sacred authority or delegation from Heaven..can reconcile the massacre of mankind with the religion of Christ.

1883 Rep. Comm. Constit. & Working Eccl. Courts 125/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 3760) XXIV. 1 So the bishop has not to deal summarily with it?—No, not as ordinary; he could only act as if he had delegation from the Court of Rome.

2001 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 18 Aug. a8/5 Canon law requires the presence of an official witness (bishop, priest, etc.) who have [sic] delegation and jurisdiction to accept the parties consent as an official of the Church.

3. Law. The practice in which a creditor delegates (delegate v. 4) his or her debtor to a creditor in order to discharge a different debt. Also: the action of a creditor in delegating in this way; an act or instance of this. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1604 Merchants New-Royall-Exchaunge sig. F^v Transports, Delegations, Nouations of debts, Societies, Bargaines, and other Acts concerning the businesse of the saide Bourse.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Delegation [in Civil Law] is when a Debtor appoints one who is Debtor to him, to answer a Creditor in his Place.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 214 The most frequent case of delegation is that of a debtor of the delegant, who, for his own discharge of a debt due by him, delegates that debtor to his own creditor.

1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 552 A transaction..called delegation of his debtor by the creditor to the third party.

2011 B. Geva Payment Order Antiq. & Middle Ages v. 204 In a delegation, the person to be delegated (Paymaster) may not be sued by the delegant (Debtor) for the failure to perform.

a. A group of people sent or appointed to act as representatives; a body of delegates; a deputation.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > delegate > body of

delegacy?1449

deputation1732

delegation1773

1773 W. Cooke Way to Temple of True Honor & Fame II. iii. 47 At this time came a delegation from the Hyrcanians, who served in the Assyrian army.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. i. 2 A delegation of some ten or fifteen noble and dignified-looking Indians..suddenly arrived.

1928 Current Hist. Feb. 691/1 The first American Trade Union delegation to the Soviet Union visited Russia during August and September, 1927.

2018 Philippine Star (Nexis) 22 May Italian and Danish delegations are also set to visit the country in the coming months.

b. U.S. The body of delegates appointed to represent a particular colony, state, territory, etc., in a congress, legislature, or other assembly. See delegate n. 4.

ΚΠ

1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr., 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1905) II. 16 We, the subscribers, do..signify our assent to, and approbation of, the above Delegation.

1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 43 The Jersey delegation..presented to congress a number of the counterfeits.

1940 Log Mar. 24/1 The Port of Miami, Florida, has already adopted resolutions petitioning the Florida delegation in Congress to support this measure.

2019 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Feb. Members of Maine's congressional delegation said his testimony could ensnare Trump in further allegations of misconduct.

†5.

a. Finance. A type of share certificate issued in 1869 in order to raise capital for the building of the Suez Canal. Also (and in earliest use) in delegation bond in the same sense. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1869 Morning Post 21 Aug. 5/3 The delegation Bonds of the Suez Canal are in active request at an advance of 40fr.

1869 tr. in Let. 21 Sept. in From Calcutta to London by Suez Canal xxiv. 246 Prospectus of the emission of 120,000 Delegations, representing the realisation of the 30 millions due from His Highness the Khedive... These delegations have, as their object, to cover the sum of thirty millions of francs for which His Highness the Khedive holds himself indebted to the Company.

1900 Economist 22 Sept. 1336/1 The Suez Canal Delegations.—The last bulletin of the Suez Canal Company contains a notice to former holders of the bonds called délégations, issued in 1869, and conferring a right to a share of the profits for 25 years. These bonds were all paid off at par in 1894.

b. Finance and Business. A non-negotiable document used in place of a cheque, bill of exchange, etc., for the transfer of a debt or credit. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > books recording transactions > a certificate for transfer of debt or credit

delegation1882

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 92 Letters of Credit are mostly simple Delegations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delegation
释义	delegationn. Brit. /ˌdɛlᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɛləˈɡeɪʃən/ Forms: 1500s delegacion, 1500s– delegation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlēgātiōn-, dēlēgātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlēgātiōn-, dēlēgātiō (in legal context) assignment to a third party of the creditor's interest in, or the debtor's liability for, a debt, in post-classical Latin also mandate, instruction, authority (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), assignment of tribute (4th cent.) < dēlēgāt- , past participial stem of dēlēgāre delegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Middle French delegacion , delegation , French délégation (13th cent. in Old French), Spanish delegación (16th cent.), Portuguese delegação (15th cent.), Italian delegazione (c1300), and also German Delegation (early 16th cent.; in early use often with Latin inflectional endings). Specific senses. In sense 4b after delegate n. 4. In sense 5a after French délégation (1869 in this sense). 1. a. The action of delegating a person or thing; spec. (a) the appointment of a person as deputy or representative; (b) the entrusting of authority, responsibilities, etc., to another person or group; the fact of being delegated. Also: an act or instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > delegation of authority procuration?a1439 procuratory1448 delegacyc1460 deputation1552 delegation1555 1555 Supplicacyon Quenes Maiestie f. 18^v Expedicions of bulles for archbisshopriches and bysshopriches for delegacions and rescriptes in cawses of contencion. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. ii. 72 To countenance such Delegation of an entrusted Office, to Deputies. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 37 Others..conceive that God did not utter the Law himself, but by delegation of his Angels. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 33 The business of the Publick must be done by delegation. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 302 The same sanction was given to those temporary delegations of the signiory to a prince. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 80 He is a sovereign, inasmuch as he does not rule by delegation from any personal superior. 2019 Cyprus Mail (Nexis) 24 Feb. The essential ingredient of regulation, coordination and control at the federal level does not preclude the delegation of authority to the constituent states. †b. The action of sending a person to a particular place as delegate or representative. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > sending on a mission legation1523 delegation1641 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §13. 130 If the greatest part of Titus his travels had beene before his delegation to Creet. c. The action of handing something over to a person, or of allocating something (esp. money, resources, etc.) for a particular purpose. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [noun] > handing over delivery1327 tradition?1538 delation1681 delegation1681 1681 E. Sclater Serm. Putney 7 There are two parts of Moses his Power intimated fairly enough in the Delegation of these silver Trumpets. 1796 J. Vancouver Enq. Causes & Production Poverty 58 The employers feeling the consequence they had derived by this unconditional delegation of property, would not..easily relinquish the power it bestowed. 1873 Dublin Rev. Oct. 329 The lawfulness of this delegation of capital scarcely admits of a doubt. 1970 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 29 Jan. 3/3 This efficient delegation of resources and subsequent conglomeration would not be accomplished at a small price. 2015 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 31 Aug. There are several mechanisms in place to ensure proper delegation of money by young entrepreneurs. 2. The authority to act, take decisions, etc., which is given to a delegate or representative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > a commission given to anyone > to a delegate legacya1450 delegation1581 1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges iv. f. 45 If this iurisdiction spiritual be alwaies of right a sequele of the crowne.., assuredly Christ nor none of his Apostles could otherwise enter to conuert Countries, preach, and exercise iurisdiction spiritual, without Cæsars and others the kings of the Countries licence and delegation. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xix. §212. 435 When..others usurp the place, who have no such Authority or Delegation. 1796 ‘An Old Whig’ Three Lett. Right Hon. Edmund Burke 48 No pretendedly sacred authority or delegation from Heaven..can reconcile the massacre of mankind with the religion of Christ. 1883 Rep. Comm. Constit. & Working Eccl. Courts 125/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 3760) XXIV. 1 So the bishop has not to deal summarily with it?—No, not as ordinary; he could only act as if he had delegation from the Court of Rome. 2001 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 18 Aug. a8/5 Canon law requires the presence of an official witness (bishop, priest, etc.) who have [sic] delegation and jurisdiction to accept the parties consent as an official of the Church. 3. Law. The practice in which a creditor delegates (delegate v. 4) his or her debtor to a creditor in order to discharge a different debt. Also: the action of a creditor in delegating in this way; an act or instance of this. Now historical. ΚΠ 1604 Merchants New-Royall-Exchaunge sig. F^v Transports, Delegations, Nouations of debts, Societies, Bargaines, and other Acts concerning the businesse of the saide Bourse. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Delegation [in Civil Law] is when a Debtor appoints one who is Debtor to him, to answer a Creditor in his Place. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 214 The most frequent case of delegation is that of a debtor of the delegant, who, for his own discharge of a debt due by him, delegates that debtor to his own creditor. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 552 A transaction..called delegation of his debtor by the creditor to the third party. 2011 B. Geva Payment Order Antiq. & Middle Ages v. 204 In a delegation, the person to be delegated (Paymaster) may not be sued by the delegant (Debtor) for the failure to perform. 4. a. A group of people sent or appointed to act as representatives; a body of delegates; a deputation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > delegate > body of delegacy?1449 deputation1732 delegation1773 1773 W. Cooke Way to Temple of True Honor & Fame II. iii. 47 At this time came a delegation from the Hyrcanians, who served in the Assyrian army. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. i. 2 A delegation of some ten or fifteen noble and dignified-looking Indians..suddenly arrived. 1928 Current Hist. Feb. 691/1 The first American Trade Union delegation to the Soviet Union visited Russia during August and September, 1927. 2018 Philippine Star (Nexis) 22 May Italian and Danish delegations are also set to visit the country in the coming months. b. U.S. The body of delegates appointed to represent a particular colony, state, territory, etc., in a congress, legislature, or other assembly. See delegate n. 4. ΚΠ 1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr., 1774–89 (Libr. of Congr.) (1905) II. 16 We, the subscribers, do..signify our assent to, and approbation of, the above Delegation. 1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. 43 The Jersey delegation..presented to congress a number of the counterfeits. 1940 Log Mar. 24/1 The Port of Miami, Florida, has already adopted resolutions petitioning the Florida delegation in Congress to support this measure. 2019 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Feb. Members of Maine's congressional delegation said his testimony could ensnare Trump in further allegations of misconduct. †5. a. Finance. A type of share certificate issued in 1869 in order to raise capital for the building of the Suez Canal. Also (and in earliest use) in delegation bond in the same sense. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1869 Morning Post 21 Aug. 5/3 The delegation Bonds of the Suez Canal are in active request at an advance of 40fr. 1869 tr. in Let. 21 Sept. in From Calcutta to London by Suez Canal xxiv. 246 Prospectus of the emission of 120,000 Delegations, representing the realisation of the 30 millions due from His Highness the Khedive... These delegations have, as their object, to cover the sum of thirty millions of francs for which His Highness the Khedive holds himself indebted to the Company. 1900 Economist 22 Sept. 1336/1 The Suez Canal Delegations.—The last bulletin of the Suez Canal Company contains a notice to former holders of the bonds called délégations, issued in 1869, and conferring a right to a share of the profits for 25 years. These bonds were all paid off at par in 1894. b. Finance and Business. A non-negotiable document used in place of a cheque, bill of exchange, etc., for the transfer of a debt or credit. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > books recording transactions > a certificate for transfer of debt or credit delegation1882 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 92 Letters of Credit are mostly simple Delegations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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