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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun behalf has 2 senses
- behalf(n = noun.act) Array - as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as; "on behalf of"; "in behalf of"; "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client" is a kind of lieu, place, position, stead
- behalf(n = noun.attribute) Array - 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" is a kind of interest, sake
CIDE DICTIONARY
behalf, n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See Be-, and Half, n. ].
Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. [1913 Webster]
"In behalf of his mistress's beauty."
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"Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
behalf, n.
Idiom
on (US in) behalf of (or on a person's behalf)
1 in the interests of (a person, principle, etc.).
2 as representative of (acting on behalf of my client).
1 in the interests of (a person, principle, etc.).
2 as representative of (acting on behalf of my client).
Etymology
mixture of earlier phrases on his halve and bihalve him, both = on his side: see BY, HALF
THESAURUS
behalf
advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, benison, blessing, boon, convenience, for, gain, good, in place of, interest, percentage, point, profit, service, use, value, welfare, well-being, world of good, worthROGET THESAURUS
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Good
N good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, consummation devoutly to be wished, gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving, commendable, useful, good, beneficial, well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest, so far so good, magnum bonum.
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