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Abordnung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delegation noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.
  • deputation noun The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • secondment noun A temporary transfer of an employee to another department, organisation or location, after which they return to their original job.

Senses

Abordnung is used for these senses in English:

  • delegation A group of delegates.
  • delegation (legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
  • deputation The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • secondment The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.

delegation — full definition

  1. noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.
  2. noun The act of assigning tasks or authority to someone else.

deputation — full definition

  1. noun The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  2. noun The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
  3. noun Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.

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