mandate

Etymology 1
Noun is borrowed from, neut of. , past participle of, from +. Compare, , ,.

The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

 * Noun


 * Verb

Noun

 * 1) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
 * 2)  The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
 * 3)  A period during which a government is in power.
 * 4)  An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
 * 5)  Such a territory.
 * 1)  A period during which a government is in power.
 * 2)  An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
 * 3)  Such a territory.
 * 1)  Such a territory.

Derived terms

 * dual mandate
 * mandate fraud

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: انْتِدَاب
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: aginpide
 * Belarusian: манда́т
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  ,
 * Czech: mandát
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: mandātum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: мандат
 * Malay: mandat
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: манда́т
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: манда́т
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * German: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Maori: mana whakahaere
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: манда́т

Verb

 * 1)  To authorize.
 * 2) To make mandatory.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: pověřit
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * : a date between two men.
 * 1) * 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, , Season 2, Episode 3:
 * Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a mandate with him. Roy: It is not a mandate. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!