Concept cluster: Social systems > Delegation
n
Alternative spelling of concessionaire [one who holds a concession or a right granted (for example, by the government) to conduct a certain business]
n
One who delegates.
v
(informal) To deputize.
adj
Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.
n
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
adj
Of or relating to a deputation.
v
To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate.
n
Archaic spelling of deputy (“one who is deputed (deputized)”). [One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office]
n
(rare) One who deputes (deputizes, appoints someone as a deputy).
n
The process of becoming a deputy.
n
One who deputizes.
v
(informal, nonstandard) to deputise
n
Alternative form of inheritor [Someone who inherits something; an heir.]
n
Alternative spelling of patronizer [A person who patronizes]
v
To change the form of government back into a monarchy.
n
(politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.
v
(transitive) To appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate.
n
Act of subdelegating.
adj
Delegated.

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