What is the meaning of behalf?

noun

  • (n.) ()
  • For someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive. )
    • usage: "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
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