Definitions from Wiktionary (mandate)

▸ noun:  An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
▸ noun:  (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
▸ noun:  (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
▸ noun:  (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
▸ noun:  (historical) Such a territory.
▸ verb:  To authorize.
▸ verb:  To make mandatory.
▸ noun:  (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men. [(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.]
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