Definitions for behalf

behalf be·half

Spelling: [bih-haf, -hahf]
IPA: /bɪˈhæf, -ˈhɑf/

Behalf is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in behalf (abefhl).

Definitions for behalf

Idioms

  1. in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for:
  2. in / on someone's behalf, in the interest or aid of (someone):

Origin of behalf

1400-50; late Middle English; Middle English bihalve, earlier as adv. and preposition with the sense “near(by),” orig. as prepositional phrase bi halve on one side; see be-

Examples for behalf

Please, Your Excellencies, consider my case with justice and intervene on my behalf.

It is as eager on behalf of the man behind a counter as on that of him who is governing a country.

Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.

Aggie sniffed vehemently in rebuke of the gross partiality of fate in his behalf.

“Basically, I was contacted and asked if an appeal could be opened on my behalf,” she told me from her home in Providence.

Yet she spoke of his dignity in such an insane situation and when she touched on his pain she expressed her own on his behalf.

He co-authored the amicus brief filed on behalf of 23 pro-life groups.

He then went on to recount her labors and sacrifices in behalf of her race.

Captain Birch briefly responded on behalf of the Volunteers.

Here no voice was raised in its favor—no word of justification advanced in its behalf.

Word Value for behalf
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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