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mandate Definition

man·date (man′dāt′)

noun

  1. an authoritative order or command, esp. a written one
  2. Historical
    1. a commission from the League of Nations to a country to administer some region, colony, etc.
    2. the area so administered
  3. the wishes of constituents expressed to a representative, legislature, etc., as through an election and regarded as an order
  4. Law
    1. an order from a higher court or official to a lower one: a mandate on remission is a mandate from an appellate court to the lower court, communicating its decision in a case appealed
    2. in English law, a bailment of personal property with no consideration
    3. in Roman law, a commission or contract by which a person undertakes to do something for another, without recompense but with indemnity against loss
    4. any contract of agency

Etymology: L mandatum, neut. pp. of mandare, lit., to put into one's hand, command, entrust < manus, a hand + pp. of dare, to give: see manual & date

transitive verb -·dat′ed, -·dat′·ing

  1. to assign (a region, etc.) as a mandate
  2. to require as by law; make mandatory

mandate Related Forms
man·da′·tor noun
mandate Synonyms

mandate

n.

command, decree, behest, order, commission, fiat, charge; see also command 1.

mandate Finance Definition
A declaration that indicates that an investment banker has won the opportunity to do debt or equity underwriting for a corporation or to advise it on merger discussions
mandate Law Definition

n

  1. The voters’ show of support, typically greater than a simple majority, for a particular political candidate or party.
  2. A court’s order directing a lower court or judicial officer to perform a particular action.
mandate Usage Examples

Object

  • self-archiving: Let me count the ways: ( 1 ) Institutions can mandate self-archiving, disciplines cannot.

Converse of object

  • negotiate: Russia and China's proposal is that an Ad Hoc Committee in the CD would first have a research and not a negotiating mandate.
  • fulfill: Apart from our travel budgets, we have no budgets of our own to fulfill the mandates we were elected on.
  • fulfill: How far has the Department come in fulfilling the mandate of Congress to establish this new Department?

Adjective modifier

  • self-archiving: So it's time to do something concrete to accelerate things: Self-archiving mandates have already been demonstrated to do just that.
  • congressional: It's also helping them meet a congressional mandate to the military to reduce their fuel use by 20 percent.
  • democratic: That is the democratic mandate of several second Chambers in Europe.
  • un: The battle was focusing on whether the US would require a fresh UN mandate to carry out an attack.
  • unfunded: The Senate rejected a similar amendment during floor debate, at least in part to avoid creating a new unfunded mandate.
  • electoral: We will not accept this attack on our electoral mandate.

Adjective complement

  • poverty-related: And men aged to in each model federally mandated poverty-related.

Modifying Another Word

  • federally: Choose plans where federally mandated poverty-related length of time paying a large.
  • congressionally: This has been going on since May, 2002 -- congressionally mandated changes in the clearance procedures.

Noun used with modifier

  • debit: By Direct Debit - click on the links in the box at the right to access the direct debit mandate form.
  • parity: Parity mandates that the distribution of island texas virginia.
  • dividend: How do I change or add a dividend mandate?

Possessives

  • IAEA: On the other, the IAEA's mandate promotes the dangerous myth of peaceful nuclear power.

Preposition: in

  • pursuance: Mandate in pursuance to the sh of Cumberland ( CChR, 122657, p. 288 ).

Preposition: from

  • electorate: Cllr Haigh said she would feel the need of a clear majority mandate from the electorate.

Preposition: for

  • medicaid: Cause is unclear leave public assistance programs quot american mandated for medicaid.