delegation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of delegating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A group of delegates.
3. (countable, uncountable) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)

Synonyms

deputation

mission

delegacy

commission

representative

envoy

ambassador

council

emissary

relegating

committee

relegation

representation

delegating

apostle

messenger

example

fiat

impersonation

legation

model

order

personification

postage

procuration

r

sending

shipment

shipping

type

vicarage

vicariate

warrant

warranty

government

giving in charge

assign ment

agency

board of selectmen

assignation

assignment

authorization

board

commissioning

committing

consignment

contingent

delegate

delegations

devolution

Translations

délégation

delegación

Delegation

delegazione

afvaardiging

Abordnung

delegatie

delegação

αντιπροσωπεία

delegació

comisión

delega

diputación

députation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/

Etymology

Cognate with French: délégation

In summary

Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.