on behalf of

preposition

Speaking or acting for.

“On behalf of all those present, may I thank you for a well-executed presentation.”

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Meanings

preposition
  1. Speaking or acting for.

    On behalf of all those present, may I thank you for a well-executed presentation.

    1 more example

    Hillary Clinton hasn’t hit the campaign trail yet on behalf of Democrats running in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from using the former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee as a reliable campaign boogeyman.

    2018 March 30, Eric Bradner, “Hillary Clinton re-emerges as GOP’s reliable boogeyman”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2019

    Synonyms: in behalf of

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionSpeaking or acting for.

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in the name of

Translations

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ
  • ὑπέρ (hupér)speaking or acting for
Arabic بِاسْم, بِالنِّيَابَة عَن
  • بِاسْم (bi-sm)speaking or acting for
  • بِالنِّيَابَة عَن (bi-n-niyāba ʕan)speaking or acting for
Bulgarian от и́мето на
  • от и́мето на (ot ímeto na)speaking or acting for
Chinese Mandarin 替, 代表
  • 替 (tì)speaking or acting for
  • 代表 (dàibiǎo)speaking or acting for
Czech jménem
  • jménemspeaking or acting for
Danish på vegne af
  • på vegne afspeaking or acting for
Dutch namens
  • namensspeaking or acting for
Esperanto nome de
  • nome despeaking or acting for
Estonian (kellegi) nimel, (kellegi) heaks
  • (kellegi) nimelspeaking or acting for
  • (kellegi) heaksspeaking or acting for
Finnish puolesta, nimissä
  • puolestaspeaking or acting for
  • nimissäspeaking or acting for
French au nom de, pour le compte de
  • au nom despeaking or acting for
  • pour le compte despeaking or acting for
German im Namen von, im Interesse von
  • im Namen vonspeaking or acting for
  • im Interesse vonspeaking or acting for
  • im Auftrag vonspeaking or acting for
  • zu Gunsten vonspeaking or acting for
Greek εκ μέρους
  • εκ μέρους (ek mérous)speaking or acting for
Hebrew מִטַּעַם, בְּשֵׁם
  • מִטַּעַם (mitá'am)speaking or acting for
  • בְּשֵׁם (b'shém)speaking or acting for
  • לְשׁוּם (l'shúm)speaking or acting for
Indonesian atas nama
  • atas namaspeaking or acting for
Irish ar son
  • ar sonspeaking or acting for
Italian per conto di, a nome di
  • per conto dispeaking or acting for
  • a nome dispeaking or acting for
Japanese ...の代わりに, ...を代表して
  • ...の代わりに (no kawari ni)speaking or acting for
  • ...を代表して (... o daihyō shite)speaking or acting for
Latin prō
  • prōspeaking or acting for
Norwegian Bokmål på vegne av
  • på vegne avspeaking or acting for
Polish w imieniu
  • w imieniuspeaking or acting for
Portuguese em nome de
  • em nome despeaking or acting for
Russian от и́мени, от лица́
  • от и́мени (ot ímeni)speaking or acting for
  • от лица́ (ot licá)speaking or acting for
Scottish Gaelic às leth
  • às lethspeaking or acting for
Spanish en nombre de, de parte de
  • en nombre despeaking or acting for
  • de parte despeaking or acting for
  • en representación despeaking or acting for
  • a beneficio despeaking or acting for
  • en lugar despeaking or acting for
Swahili kwa niaba ya
  • kwa niaba yaspeaking or acting for
Turkish namı hesabına, namına
  • namı hesabınaspeaking or acting for
  • namınaspeaking or acting for
Ukrainian від і́мені
  • від і́мені (vid ímeni)speaking or acting for
Vietnamese thay mặt cho, nhân danh
  • thay mặt chospeaking or acting for
  • nhân danhspeaking or acting for
Welsh tros, dros
  • trosspeaking or acting for
  • drosspeaking or acting for
  • ar ranspeaking or acting for
Cite this entry
APA

on behalf of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20behalf%20of

MLA

“on behalf of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20behalf%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on behalf of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20behalf%20of.

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