mandate
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noun \ˈman-ˌdāt\Definition of MANDATE
1
: an authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one
2
: an authorization to act given to a representative <accepted the mandate of the people>
3
a : an order or commission granted by the League of Nations to a member nation for the establishment of a responsible government over a former German colony or other conquered territory b : a mandated territory
See Examples of MANDATE
- Royal mandates must be obeyed.
- They carried out the governor's mandate to build more roads.
- He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.
- Sports fans have considerable forbearance. Year after year they endure escalating ticket prices, the abomination known as seat licensing and the implied mandate that taxpayers should foot the bill for the new stadium or arena that will absolutely revive downtown. —Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated, 30 July 2007
- All provisions requiring congressional approval, such as FDA regulation, were dropped, as were mandates for stronger package warnings, tighter enforcement on sales to youth, stronger public smoking bans, and … provisions to reduce youth smoking. —Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007
- Not the least of the Governors' problems are the new mandates being put on them by Washington—by a President who was once one of their own. —Karen Tumulty, Time, 19 May 2003
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- Synonyms
- accreditation, authorization, delegation, empowerment, license (or licence), commission
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2man·date
transitive verb \ˈman-ˌdāt\man·dat·edman·dat·ing
Definition of MANDATE
1
: to administer or assign (as a territory) under a mandate (see 1mandate)
2
Examples of MANDATE
- The law mandates that every car have seat belts.
- He won the election so convincingly that he believed the people had mandated him to carry out his policies.
- The carbon prices on the European exchanges are higher precisely because the allowances for carbon emissions are mandated by government. —Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, 2006
- But the FDA did nothing. Later, it protested that it doesn't have the authority to mandate additional studies once a drug is marketed, but that is sophistry. The FDA has the authority to pull drugs off the market … —Marcia Angell, New York Review of Books, 8 June 2006
- For a few tantalizing weeks this spring, the manufacturers of gun safety locks seemed to have hit the jackpot: the gun-control bill passed by the Senate in the wake of the Littleton shootings mandated that all new handguns be equipped with safety locks. —Calvin Trillin, Time, 5 July 1999
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Origin of MANDATE
(see 1mandate)
First Known Use: 1919
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