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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 officially giving someone authority to act for you, or the position that this gives them.
  • secondment noun A temporary transfer of an employee to another department, organization 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 officially giving someone authority to act for you, or the position that this gives them.
  2. noun A person or group of people appointed or authorised by another individual, organization or public body to act on their behalf; a delegation.
  3. noun (Christianity) Among missionaries, the period spent raising money and support before starting mission work.
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