behalf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: behalf	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for behalf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behalf n as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Behalf \Behalf"\, n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See {Be-}, and {Half}, n.] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf* of his mistress's beauty. --Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. --Clarendon. {In behalf of}, in the interest of. {On behalf of}, on account of; on the part of.