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Proxy is a stand-in for someone else, the authority to stand-in for or represent someone else, or a document giving permission for someone else to vote on your behalf.

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An example of proxy is someone who is named to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so.
An example of proxy is when you register to vote and have someone else actually cast your ballot.

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See proxy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. proxies

the agency or function of a deputy
the authority to act for another
a document empowering a person to act for another, as in voting at a stockholders' meeting
a person empowered to act for another

Origin: ME prokecie, contr. < procuracie, the function of a procurator, ult. < L procuratio

See proxy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. prox·ies

A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute.
The authority to act for another.
The written authorization to act in place of another.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English proccy

Origin: , contraction of earlier procracie, annual payment to a prelate

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman procuracie

Origin: , from Medieval Latin prōcūrātia

Origin: , alteration of Latin prōcūrātiō

Origin: , from prōcūrātus

Origin: , past participle of prōcūrāre, to take care of; see procure

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