mandate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmæn.deɪt/
mandate (plural mandates)
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. - (politics) The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press (ISBN 9781603444439), page 30
- John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a mandate for the annexation of Texas.
- 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press (ISBN 9781603444439), page 30
- A papal rescript.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
mandate (mandates, present participle mandating; past and past participle mandated)
Translations- French: autoriser
- Russian: уполномо́чивать
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