- 1. n. Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. Source: opted
- 2. n. as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as ‘on behalf of’ rather than ‘in behalf of’) Source: wordnet
- 3. n. for someone's benefit (usually expressed as ‘in behalf’ rather than ‘on behalf’ and usually with a possessive) Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 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) Source: ecdict
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