Word
Delegation
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
del-e-ga-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of delegating, or investing with authority to
act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
- n. - One or more persons appointed or chosen, and
commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress,
etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from
Massachusetts; a deputation.
- n. - A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated
from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his
stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.
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