Mandate

Definitions: Mandate

Mandate

Noun

1. A document giving an official instruction or command.

2. A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and inhabited by people not yet able to stand by themselves and so put under the tutelage of some other European power.

3. (politics) the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory.

Verb

1. Assign under a mandate; of nations.

2. Assign authority to.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mandate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references)

Etymology: Mandate \Man"date\, noun. [Latin expression mandatum, from mandare to commit to one's charge, order, originally, to put into one's hand; manus hand dare to give: compare to the French expression mandat. See Manual, Date time, and compare to Commend, Maundy Thursday.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Mandate

Command

Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice).

Requirement

Charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept.

Crosswords: Mandate

German (mandates), Latin (command, commandment, commission, commit to one's charge, deliver over, entrust, mandate, order).

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Violence in its many forms is an involuntary quest for identity, and when that identity is threatened, we have a mandate for war. War ladies and Gentlemen, that's what we're fighting. (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

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Books

• A New Mandate for Human Resources [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State Power in China (Asia and the Pacific) (reference)

• Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders (reference)

• Reengineering Management: The Mandate for New Leadership (reference)

• The High Walls of Jerusalem: A History of the Balfour Declaration and the Birth of the British Mandate for Palestine (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Financial Times Mandate (reference)

• Mandate (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• Might and Magic 6: Mandate of Heaven (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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85 OVP Mandate oder 85 SPO Mandate : darum geht es am 1. Marz.Credit: Library of Congress.

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In every case of mandate, the Mandatory shall render to the Council an annual report in reference to the territory committed to its charge. (reference)

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Health

State law should mandate the availability of these services while permitting parental refusal. (references)

As part of NICHD's mandate in the reproductive sciences, NICHD has established a Reproductive Medicine Network linking several institutions across the country. (references)

Drug courts mandate and arrange for drug addiction treatment, actively monitor progress in treatment, and arrange for other services to drug-involved offenders. (references)

Business

The WMA's mandate requires it to coordinate and work closely with local authorities and other government agencies. (references)

The Seattle ministerial will decide whether to approve a multilateral GPA on transparency or to mandate further negotiations. (references)

With its growing public mandate, the TEPA has seen its budget expand to NT$8.6 billion in FY2000, or 1.99% of the central government budget. (references)

Children

Macau

Laws do not mandate building access for persons with disabilities. (references)

Barbados

The Child Care Board has a mandate for the care and protection of children. (references)

Macedonia

No laws or regulations mandate accessibility to buildings for disabled persons. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

If accepted, they are issued a mandate refugee certificate, which is respected by the Government. (references)

Uzbekistan

The UNHCR reports that the policy appeared to be working, and that police rarely harassed mandate refugees. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Because domestic television is controlled by the Government, the NCAC is unable to fulfill its mandate at times. (references)

Discrimination

Ecuador

Congress has been only partially successful in carrying out this mandate. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

It has a broad mandate to oversee all government functions. (references)

Namibia

In 1966, the UN General Assembly revoked South Africa's mandate. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

Outdated laws mandate prisoners' earnings at $0.35 to $0.70 per year. (references)

Brazil

According to the Sao Paulo Ombudsman, police are boycotting this mandate and there is little compliance. (references)

Yemen

In April 2000, Parliament passed a revised Police Law, which established the mandate, duties, and procedures for police. (references)

Indigenous People

Japan

The new law did not mandate civil rights protection for the Ainu. (references)

Bangladesh

The Council was formed largely as a coordinating body, and Larma, who chairs the Council, claims that it has neither the mandate nor the resources promised. (references)

Guatemala

The commission dissolved in 1998 without reaching an agreement, but was reinstated in October with the mandate to design a policy to establish, recognize, and protect such areas. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

The advisors themselves have in some cases felt hindered by the lack of a clear legal mandate and procedural instructions for carrying out their duties. (references)

Belgium

In 2000 the Government expanded the mandate of the center to fight discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, birth, civil status, ill health, age, and disability. (references)

Political Economy

Guyana

Incumbent Bharrat Jagdeo received his own mandate for a 5-year term as President. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

The other 67 seats were attributed by single mandate districts. (references)

Mexico

PRI party rules mandate that 30 percent of its federal candidates be women. (references)

East Timor

By UNTAET mandate, citizens have the right to change their government through periodic elections. (references)

Trade

Eritrea

The institution's mandate is to ensure conformance to international and Eritrean classification standards. (references)

Philippines

By Congressional mandate, the U.S. Department of Commerce maintains a Commercial Liaison Office for the ADB. (references)

Argentina

There is no legal mandate to date to retest non-regulated products that have been approved in their country of origin. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Labor laws mandate 2 days of menstrual leave per month for women, although this leave is not allowed in all cases. (references)

Mali

Despite its initial 4-year mandate, the plan was not close to completion, and it was not extended officially by year's end. (references)

Poland

Observers note that the broad scope of the office's mandate dilutes its ability to function as an effective advocate of women's issues. (references)

Worker Rights

Syria

The laws mandate one 24-hour rest day per week. (references)

Liberia

The Ministry of Labor did not make any inspections during the year and lacks the resources to carry out its mandate. (references)

Macau

Local labor laws establish the general principle of fair wages and mandate compliance with wage agreements, but there is no mandatory minimum wage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "mandate": dual mandate ♦ international mandate. Additional references.

Albanian

mandat (authorization, commission, order, warrant), urdhër (behest, bidding, command, commandment, decoration, decree, dictate, dictation, edict, injunction, order, prescript, prescription, warrant, word). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وصاية (custody, guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage, ward), ‏تفويض (authorization, commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, warrant, warranty), ‏إنتداب (deputation, legation), ‏أمر رسمي (billet). (various references)

Bulgarian 

указ (act, decree, edict, ordinance, ukase), територия под мандат, нареждане (arrangement, charge, dictation, do, order, pleasure, prescription, process, stowage, word), мандат (warrant of attorney), заповед (bidding, command, do, imperative, injunction, order, ordinance, precept, word), поставям под мандат. (various references)

Chinese 

命令 (Command, Commanded, Commanding, Dictate, injunction, mandatory, order, Writ). (various references)

Czech

mandát, rozkaz (bidding, command, word, word of command), nařízení (appointment, bylaw, decrement, fiat, order, ordinance, ordination, regulation, statute). (various references)

Danish

retlig afgørelse (court resolution, judicial command). (various references)

Dutch

volmacht (authorization, letter of attorney, power of attorney, proxy), mandaat (authorization), lastbrief. (various references)

Esperanto

mandato. (various references)

Farsi 

فرمان (Bull, Charter, Command, Commandment, Commission, Decree, Edict, Errand, Institute, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Precept, Sanction, Word), قیمومت (Patronage, Protectorate, Tutelage), وکالت نامه , حکم (Arbiter, Canon, Commandment, Commission, Decree, Doom, Edict, Ordinance, Ordonnance, Pardon, Precept, Rule, Sentence, Statute, Warrant, Writ), تعهد (Assurance, Commitment, Committal, Guarantee, Onus, Warranty), اختیار (Adoption, Authority, Credential, Liberty, Option). (various references)

Finnish

oikeuden päätös (court resolution, judicial command). (various references)

French

mandat. (various references)

German

Mandat (authorization, brief, seat, trusteeship), Auftrag (application, back-filling, brief, commission, construction of an embankment, contract, delegation, embankment, errand, fill, fill embankment, filling, forming of an embankment, instruction, job, mission, order, postponed order, remit, task). (various references)

Greek 

εντολή (assignation, assignment, behest, command, commandment, control, delegation, injunction, instruction, order, precept, prescript, prescription, requisition, statement, task). (various references)

Hungarian

meghatalmazás (accreditation, authorisation, authority, authorization, commission, credentials, procuration, proxy), megbízás (accreditation, assignment, authority, charge, commission, entrusting, errand, mission, order), mandátum (seat). (various references)

Indonesian

perintah (command, decree, precept). (various references)

Italian

mandato (agency, commission, order, task, term of office, warrant, writ). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

指図 (instruction), �"任統治 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さしず (directions, instruction, instructions), いに�"とうち. (various references)

Korean 

위임 (Commissioning). (various references)

Manx

sarey (command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, enjoin, injunction, instruct, order, precept, prescribe), cur fo anney, anney (command, directive, injunction, regulation). (various references)

Pig Latin

andatemay

Portuguese

mandato (command, proxy, task, tenure, term of office). (various references)

Romanian

mandat (commission, innings, proxy, seat, warrant, writ), pune sub mandat, procurã (power of attorney, procuration, warrant, warrant of attorney), ordin (bidding, category, class, command, commandment, commission, decree, degree, dictate, dictation, direction, fiat, injunction, order, ordinance, service, warrant, word), dispoziţie (arrangement, condition, disposal, disposition, fondness, humor, humour, inclination, injunction, mind, mood, nature, order, provision, service, step, stipulation, temper, trim, tune), împuternicire (commission, delegacy, deputation, letter of attorney, power of attorney, procuration, proxy, vicarious power, warrant, warrant of attorney). (various references)

Russian 

мандат (capa, credential). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mandat (term of office), starateljstvo (custody, guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage, tutorship, ward, wardship), starateljska teritorija, punomoć (authorization, procuration). (various references)

Spanish

mandato (behest, command, commandment, dictate, dictation, fiat, injunction, instruction, order, task, term, warrant). (various references)

Swedish

mandat (commission, delegation, seat). (various references)

Turkish

manda altına almak, manda (buffalo), vekâlet (power of attorney, procuration, proxy, succession), emir (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, disposition, emir, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command). (various references)

Ukranian 

наказ (behest, command, commandment, decree, decretal, delegation, dictate, injunction, order, prescript, telling, wish, writ), мандат (credential), доручення (authorization, delegation, errand, message, mission, procurance, procuration, procuratory, proxy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trát sự uỷ nhiệm, sự uỷ thác sự uỷ mị chỉ thị, lệnh (command, commission, desire, precept). (various references)

mandata, mandate, mandati, mandatis, mandato, mandatorum, mandatum, mandatumque. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mandate": mandated, mandates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mandate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: madate, maderate, Maidanek, Majdanek, mamdate, manadge, mandaean, mandare, mandat, Mandatio, Mandativu, mandie, Mandlate, Mangat, Maniatt, Manzatu, mawdach, Menatep, mendate, miniate, Minzatu, Monate, Sandgatte, vanadate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: adnate, anadem, maenad, tandem.

-2 letters: adman, admen, amend, ament, antae, anted, atman, daman, manat, maned, manta, mated, meant, menad, menta, named, tamed.

-3 letters: amen, anta, ante, atma, dame, damn, data, date, dean, dent, etna, made, mana, mane, mate, mead, mean, meat, mend, meta, nada, name, neat, nema, tame, team, tend.

-4 letters: ama, ana, and, ane, ant, ate, dam, den, eat, end, eta, mad, mae, man, mat, med, men, met, nae, nam, net, tad, tae, tam, tan, tea, ted, ten.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, am, an, at, de, ed, em, en, et, ma, me, na, ne, ta.

+1 letter: animated, diamante, emanated, mandated, mandates.

+2 letters: adenomata, almandite, deaminate, deathsman, demandant, diamantes, laminated, marinated, montadale, tradesman.

+3 letters: abominated, adamantine, admittance, almandites, amantadine, amendatory, ammoniated, anatomised, anatomized, animadvert, animatedly, bandmaster, deaminated, deaminates, defamation, delaminate, demandants, machinated, maintained, marginated, mediastina, montadales, reanimated.

+4 letters: abandonment, adenomatous, admittances, advancement, amantadines, anastomosed, animadverts, bandmasters, calumniated, deaminating, deamination, declamation, defamations, delaminated, delaminates, demarcating, demarcation, diamagnetic, disarmament, emancipated, fundamental, grandmaster, intradermal, maidservant, mandarinate, mandataries, mandatories, mandibulate, manipulated, mastheading, mediastinal, mediational, nematicidal, nematocidal, transdermal, unautomated.

+5 letters: abandonments, adjustmental, administrate, advancements, anecdotalism, animadverted, antiacademic, contaminated, deaminations, declamations, delaminating, delamination, demarcations, departmental, desquamating, desquamation, diamagnetism, disarmaments, extramundane, fragmentated, fundamentals, grandmasters, maidservants, mainstreamed, mandarinates, manufactured, misdemeanant, nonautomated, trademarking, unacclimated, undramatized.

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