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by the agency of, especially when signing a letter in place of someone else
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
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on behalf of (someone who does not sign themselves)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
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Borrowed from Latin per procurationem (“by the agency of/on the instruction of/by proxy”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
puolesta
— by the agency of
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French:
par procuration
— by the agency of
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German:
im Auftrag
— by the agency of
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Polish:
per procura
— by the agency of
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Polish:
z upoważnienia
— by the agency of
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Spanish:
por poder
— by the agency of
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Finnish:
puolesta
— on behalf of
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Polish:
w imieniu
— on behalf of