1610s, "action of delegating" (earlier in this sense was delegacie, mid-15c.); perhaps a native formation, perhaps from French délégation, or directly from Latin delegationem (nominative del [..]

group chosen to represent a larger group or organization.

The act of delegating. [D02615]

An act whereby one principal authorizes another principal to use its identity or privileges with some restrictions.

Delegation is a formal process by which Cigna gives another firm the authority to perform the claims payment administration on behalf of Cigna.

deputation: a group of representatives or delegates delegating: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions (delegate) a person appointed or elected to represent others (delegate) transfer powe [..]

The process of assigning name servers to a domain name.

1 : the act of delegating 2 : a group of persons chosen to represent others

A form of decentralization in which certain functions and managerial responsibilities are delegated to neighborhood offices but where local autonomy tends to be severely restricted by central responsi [..]

With respect to the Public Service Employment Act, the authorization by the Public Service Commission (Commission) for a deputy head to exercise the Commission's appointment and appointment-related authorities. The Appointment Delegation and Accountability Instrument sets out the specific authorities, responsibilities and accountabilities of t [..]

Again used in two senses in diplomacy. "Delegation" can be the term used to refer to the specific powers delegates by his government to a diplomat acting in certain specific circumst [..]

Delegation is the practice of turning over work-related tasks and/or authority to employees or subordinates. Small business owners often have difficulty with delegation for a variety of reasons, from [..]

Delegation, as a verb (see also delegate), is the process of designating the nameservers for a domain. As a noun, it is used to refer to the current set of nameservers to which a domain has been deleg [..]

(n) a group of representatives or delegates(n) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions

Within a single AWS account: Giving AWS users access to resources in your AWS account. Between two AWS accounts: Setting up a trust between the account that owns the resource (the trusting a [..]

The entire group of people representing a member state or observer in all committees at a particular Model UN conference. They are usually all from the same school. Director

in educational management, the action of entrusting tasks or responsibilities to others (usually junior colleagues). It is viewed as a more enlightened and efficient form of management but can be cont [..]

To entrust to the care or management of another, to Transfer or to assign tasks within an organizational or administrative unit or structure

The process of assigning duties to a subordinate with lesser qualifications.

The process of assigning duties to a subordinate with lesser qualifications.

The act in which power is given to another person in the organization to accomplish a specific job.

Allowing lower ranking officials to make decisions on behalf of the person responsible by law for making the decision. Also: to delegate.

The process by which an object passes on a message it has received to a sub-ordinate object. If inheritance is not available in a programming language, delegation is the most viable alternative for av [..]

Team of delegates to a meeting from the same country or organization.

A formal authority assigned to an individual that allows them to undertake actions assigned under university legislation.

The assignment by a manager of an activity, task, defined scope of authority, or responsibility to a staff member under the manager’s supervision.

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