About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- behalf
POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

behalf

 : 
Noun
 : 
be=half

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun behalf has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

behalfn. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See Be-, and Half, n.].
     Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.  [1913 Webster]
    "In behalf of his mistress's beauty."  [1913 Webster]
    "Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation."  [1913 Webster]
In behalf of, in the interest of. -- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

behalf, n.

Idiom
on (US in) behalf of (or on a person's behalf)
1 in the interests of (a person, principle, etc.).
2 as representative of (acting on behalf of my client).
Etymology
mixture of earlier phrases on his halve and bihalve him, both = on his side: see BY, HALF

THESAURUS

behalf

advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, benison, blessing, boon, convenience, for, gain, good, in place of, interest, percentage, point, profit, service, use, value, welfare, well-being, world of good, worth

ROGET THESAURUS

behalf

Good

N good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, consummation devoutly to be wished, gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving, commendable, useful, good, beneficial, well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest, so far so good, magnum bonum.

See related words and definitions of word "behalf" in Indonesian
Also see definition of "behalf" in Bible Study Dictionaries
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion