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delegation.

An act of delegating.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/UK
  1. An act of delegating.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The condition of being delegated.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A group of delegates.

    countable · uncountable
    the American delegation
  4. A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.

    countable · uncountable
  5. 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)

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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