See Also: Delegate(money)
delegate(1)(dictionary)
delegate(2)(dictionary)
DELEGATE(law)
delegate 1, noun(dictionary)
delegate 2, verb(dictionary)

delegate(2) (iou)



delegate verb trans. . LME.
[Latin delegat- pa. ppl stem of delegare, from de- DE- 1 + legare send on a commission: see -ATE3.]
Send or commission (a person) to act as a deputy or representative; depute. LME.
S. Unwin It was the elder boy's duty to decide what tools..were needed and to delegate the small boys to fetch them.
loosely. Assign, deliver, convey. LME-L18.
Assign or entrust (a duty, authority, etc.) to another as agent or deputy. L15.
Bolingbroke The Peers have an inherent, the Commons a delegated Right. T. Jefferson Those bodies..to whom the people have delegated the powers of legislation.
Law. Assign (a debtor to oneself) to a creditor as debtor in one's place. E19.
delega'tee noun (chiefly Law, now Hist.) a person to whom something or someone is delegated L19.
delegator noun a person who delegates L19.