Meaning

2 senses
  1. The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.

    She appeared on behalf of the U.N. Secretary General at a conference held in behalf of the world's children.

  2. One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.

More definitions
  • as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as ‘on behalf of’ rather than ‘in behalf of’)
  • for someone's benefit (usually expressed as ‘in behalf’ rather than ‘on behalf’ and usually with a possessive)

Examples

114 sentences
  1. I am writing on behalf of my husband, who is in the hospital.

    Я пишу від імені мого чоловіка, який знаходиться в лікарні. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ пишу от имени своего супруга, который находится в больнице. — marafon

    deIch schreibe im Namen meines Mannes, welcher im Krankenhause liegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. He is acting on his own behalf.

    ruОн действует от своего имени. — beshine

  3. I attended the meeting on her behalf.

  4. My brother did it on my behalf.

    ruБрат сделал это от моего имени. — marafon

    deMein Bruder tat es in meinem Namen. — Wolf

  5. On behalf of my family, thank you.

    ruОт имени моей семьи, спасибо. — RusVictoric1993

    deIm Namen meiner Familie danke ich dir! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
behalf:

Origin

From Middle English bihalve (“nearby”), from Old English bī healfe (“by [his/her] side”),

From Middle English bihalve (“nearby”), from Old English bī healfe (“by [his/her] side”), from bī (“by”) + healfe (“side, half”), equivalent to be- + half.

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Forms

plural: behalves / behalfs
Singularbehalf
Pluralbehalves / behalfs

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbehalfism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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