behalfnoun
uk/bɪˈhɑːf/us/bɪˈhæf/on behalf of sb US also in behalf of sb, on sb's behalf, US also in sb's behalf
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- The executive of the health workers' union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members.
- He gave what amounted to an apology on behalf of his company.
- What a liberty, to refuse the invitation on your behalf, without even asking you!
- He's spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning on behalf of the Conservative Party.
- The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of investors.
B2 representing:
On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank you for all your work.
Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award on his behalf.
She wasn't able to be present, so I signed the letter in her behalf.
for the good of or because of:
Please don't leave on my behalf.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason