English Online Dictionary. What means delegation? What does delegation mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
delegation (countable and uncountable, plural delegations)
- An act of delegating.
- A group of delegates.
- (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
- Hyponyms: multicast delegation, singlecast delegation
- (law) 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)
Derived terms
Related terms
- delegate
Translations
See also
- consultation link
Further reading
- Restament, Second, of Contracts §§ 318–328
- UCC 2-210
Anagrams
- degelation, eloignated
Danish
Noun
delegation c (singular definite delegationen, plural indefinite delegationer)
- delegation
Declension
References
- “delegation” in Den Danske Ordbog
Swedish
Etymology
delegera + -ation
Noun
delegation c
- a delegation
- delegation (act of delegating)
Declension
References
- delegation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- delegation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- delegation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)