Look up: Delegate

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   delegate
   [Noun] Plural form: delegates. A person attending a conference.
   Example: The delegates at the nurses conference voted to go on strike.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   Delegate
   Function pointer in .NET, details ...
   Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/d/index.
   
   
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   Delegate
   A participant at a professional training course, workshop or seminar
   Found on http://www.cim.co.uk/cim/ser/html/infQui
   
   
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   delegate
   [n] - a person appointed or elected to represent others 2. [v] - transfer power to someone 3. [v] - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Delegate
   A state representative to the party`s national convention. Delegates are determined by state caucus or primary, and the number of delegates from each state depends on its population
   Found on http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo
   
   
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   delegate
   Voting representative at a meeting. Category: General • to assign to some other person the duty of carrying out some portion of the total task which is the responsibility of the assigner. Category: Economics • one designated to act for or represent another or others. Category: General
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Delegate
   To authorise someone else to exercise a power or right as one's deputy. As a general rule, the law does not allow a delegate to sub-delegate.
   Found on http://www.lawpack.co.uk/legal_glossary_
   
   
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   Delegate
   Del'e·gate noun [ Latin delegatus , past participle of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate .] 1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. 2. (a) One elected by the people of a territory to repr ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/28
   
   
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   Delegate
   Del'e·gate adjective [ Latin delegatus , past participle ] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. ' Delegate power.' Strype.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/28
   
   
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    Delegate
    Del'e·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Delegated ; present participle & verbal noun Delegating .] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. 2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to tran ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/28
    
    
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    delegate
    noun a person appointed or elected to represent others
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    delegate
    designate verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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    delegate
    verb transfer power to someone
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    Delegate
    A `delegate` is a member of a group called at the interests of a larger organization.(e.g. a government, a charity, an NGO, or a trade union) at a meeting of some kind (e.g. trade talks, an environmental summit, aid negotiations, or an industrial dispute). In order to avoid the principal-agent problem, it is generally important to the organization to take steps to ensure that the delegate or delegation does not have a conflict of interest. Failur...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate
    
    
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    Delegate
    • (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. • (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. • (n.) One ele...
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    delegate
    (from the article `presidency of the United States of America`) ...party conventions. Although the presidential and vice presidential candidates of both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are still ... ...A direct primary, which is now used in some form in all U.S. states, functions as a preliminary election whereby voters de...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/27
    
    
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    delegate
    delegate (DEL uh gayt') 1. Someone who is authorized or sent to speak and act for others; representative, as at a convention: 'Every state will send a delegate to the convention.' 2. To entrust (authority, power, etc.) to a person acting as one’s agent or representative; entrust, assign, give over, charge, commit to the care of: 'She deleg...
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    delegate
    A representative role in which the individual subordinates his/her views to those of their constituents.
    Found on http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html