mandate

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  1. noun An authoritative command or instruction.
  2. noun A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.
  3. noun A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.
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  • Despite the clear mandate from the American people to end the occupation, the U.S. government continues to wage war upon the Iraqi people. —  Asheville Indymedia Summaries
  • Harrison said one overlooked benefit of the mandate is the potential to eliminate two of the standardized tests students take - the 10th grade writing test and the computer skills test - with a more "authentic assessment" of students 'skills. —  News - MyNC.com
  • Maoists ask UML to reconsider pull-out from govt: A day after the CPN-UML, humiliated in the April 10 polls, pulled out of the government citing that the mandate was against them staying in the government, CPN Maoist chairman Prachanda met the UML's Madhav Kumar Nepal, who resigned from the General Secretary after the [...] —  United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
  • This mandate was a creature of Elizabeth Dole (who is no longer in the Senate to complain at its abolition), and it has unnecessarily limited the freedom of legal adults, old enough to fight for their country, to drink adult beverages. —  Reinke Faces Life
  • At the start of Barack Obama's presidency, after a genuine mandate from the American populace, conservative commentators and Republican Party members tripped over each other rushing to the nearest microphones to announce they hope Obama and / or his policies will fail. —  Shakesville
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin mandātum, from neuter past participle of mandāre, to order; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French mandat = Spanish Portuguese Italian mandato, from Latin mandatum, a charge, order, command, commission, injunction, neuter of mandatus, past participle of mandare, commit ot one's charge, order command, commission, literally put into one's hands, from manus, hand, + dare, put: see date. Cf. command, commend demand, remand. See maundy, an older form of mandate.
  2. Latin mandare, past participle mandatus, commit, enjoin, command. See mandate, n.
 

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