Mandate

Etymology
Noun is borrowed from, neut of. , past participle of, from +. Compare, , ,.

The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

 * Noun


 * Verb

Noun

 * 1)  An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
 * 2)  The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
 * 3) * 2002, Leroy G. Dorsey, The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, Texas A&M University Press (ISBN 9781603444439), page 30
 * John Tyler and James K. Polk both regarded the election results as a mandate for the annexation  of Texas.
 * 1) A papal rescript.
 * 2)  A period during which a government is in power.
 * 1)  A period during which a government is in power.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  , ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: mandātum
 * Malay: Mandat
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:


 * Maori: mana whakahaere

Verb

 * 1) to authorize
 * 2) to make mandatory

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Russian:, ,