im Auftrag

Meaning

1. per procurationem, per pro, p.p.; indicates that a signatory is not out of themself qualified to sign, but has been instructed or authorized to do so by someone responsible. Unlike English usage, the latter’s name is usually not indicated.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see im, Auftrag: by instruction, order (in other contexts)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪm ˈaʊ̯fˌtʁaːk/

Sentences

Auch Jennings hatte bereits mehrmals im Auftrag der Regierung gearbeitet .

Jennings had also worked on behalf of the government several times.