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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

behalf

/bɪˈhæf/

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What does behalf mean?

noun

  1. The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
  2. One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.

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/bɪˈhæf/

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, this Chapter does not apply to set asides on behalf of small and minority businesses.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
Besides that, the gentle deities needed propitiating in behalf of the nest and young as well as in behalf of the mate.
John BurroughsBirds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #3163
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The feasting then begins, some person eating on behalf of the child, if it is too young to partake of the feast.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
The credit of first undertaking and maintaining systematic experimental work in behalf of dry-farming should be assigned to the state of Utah.
John Andreas WidtsoeDry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low RainfallProject Gutenberg ebook #4924
Of course, it was impossible to get any white man to volunteer his testimony in my behalf, and against the white young men.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23