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  • 31behalf — [14] Behalf was compounded from the prefix be ‘by’ and the noun half, in the sense ‘side’. The latter had been used in such phrases as on my half, that is, ‘on my side, for my part’, since late Old English times, and the new compound began to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32behalf — [14] Behalf was compounded from the prefix be ‘by’ and the noun half, in the sense ‘side’. The latter had been used in such phrases as on my half, that is, ‘on my side, for my part’, since late Old English times, and the new compound began to… …

    Word origins

  • 33for the sake of — or[for one s sake] {adv. phr.} On behalf of; for the benefit of. * /For the sake of truth and freedom, Dr. Sakharov, the Soviet dissident, was willing to be banished from Moscow./ * / Do it for my sake, please! Tom begged./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 34for the sake of — or[for one s sake] {adv. phr.} On behalf of; for the benefit of. * /For the sake of truth and freedom, Dr. Sakharov, the Soviet dissident, was willing to be banished from Moscow./ * / Do it for my sake, please! Tom begged./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 35for\ the\ sake\ of — adv. phr. On behalf of; for the benefit of. For the sake of truth and freedom, Dr. Sakharov, the Soviet dissident, was willing to be banished from Moscow. Do it for my sake, please! Tom begged. Syn.: for one s sake …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 36for — Because of, on account of, by reason of. Glassell Development Co. v Citizens Nat Bank, 191 Cal 375, 216 P 1012, 28 ALR 1427, 1434. In consideration of Brooks v Coppedge, 71 Idaho 156, 228 P2d 248, 27 ALR2d 645. Throughout or during the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 37for the account and risk of — phrasal : on behalf of and at the hazard of used by a stock exchange broker to indicate that he is solely an agent in buying or selling for a customer …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38behalf — Synonyms and related words: advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, benison, blessing, boon, convenience, for, gain, good, in place of, interest, percentage, point, profit, service, use, value, welfare, well being, world of good, worth …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 40Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …

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