Associations to the word «Behalf»
Noun
- Armistice
- Hearing
- Charity
- Violation
- Airway
- Paying
- Trustee
- Victim
- Compensation
- Injunction
- Statement
- Spokesman
- Delegate
- Quaker
- Interference
- Capitalist
- Agency
- Applicant
- Declaration
- Prosecutor
- Goodwill
- Atonement
- Israelites
- Forgiveness
- Deportation
- Transvaal
- Reparation
- Monarch
- Xvi
- Consortium
- Mediator
- Allegation
- Liberty
- Defamation
- Authority
- Obligation
- Ambassador
- Praying
- Anjou
- Bailiff
- Consultancy
- Pope
- Jews
- Propaganda
- Candidacy
- Keating
- Hillary
- Pius
- Appreciation
- Empress
- Consent
- Tribunal
- Custody
- Exchequer
- Angelo
- Committee
- Citizen
- Irs
- Papacy
- Highness
- Cromwell
- Willingness
- Synod
- Legislation
Adjective
Wiktionary
BEHALF, noun. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
Dictionary definition
BEHALF, noun. As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client";.
BEHALF, noun. For someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.