Thesaurus: behalf

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1. n. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.
2. n. as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as ‘on behalf of’ rather than ‘in behalf of’)
3. n. for someone's benefit (usually expressed as ‘in behalf’ rather than ‘on behalf’ and usually with a possessive)
4. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. Clarendon. In behalf of, in the interest of. -- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.
5. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support;defense; vindication.In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney.Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of hisnation. Clarendon.In behalf of, in the interest of.-- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.
6. i:69/n:31 n. as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); n. for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)