(n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
(n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
(n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
(a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
(v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
(v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
(2) A Palestinian delegation was to hold truce talks on Sunday in Cairo with senior US and Egyptian officials, but Israel has said it sees no point in sending its negotiators to the meeting, citing what it says are Hamas breaches of previous agreed truces.
(3) Jeremy Corbyn could learn a lot from Ken Livingstone | Hugh Muir Read more High-minded commentators will say that self-respect – as well as Burke’s dictum that MPs are more than delegates – should be enough to make members under pressure assert their independence.
(4) Despite a new quota system demanding that the largest members send one woman for every four men, just 17% of the 2,500 delegates are female.
(5) Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, the trade minister, is taking a parallel trade delegation whose members will meet the prime minister in Saudi and the UAE.
(6) Relations have improved since David Cameron led a 100-strong business delegation to China late last year.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest May dismisses reports of frosty dinner with EU chief as ‘Brussels gossip’ The EU delegation are said to have wondered whether Davis might still be in his post following the general election.
(8) We wish to thank once again all the Chinese people and people around the world who have supported Beijing 2022 in this extraordinary bid journey.” Earlier, the president Xi threw his weight behind China’s bid, promising the “strongest support” for the Beijing Games in a one-minute video address to the IOC delegates.
(9) The speech also made a reference to the disgraced former cabinet minister Chris Huhne, with Ashdown telling delegates that when he first stood for parliament in Yeovil in the 1970s, the Liberal leader at the time, Jeremy Thorpe, was facing trial at the Old Bailey.
(10) The top of the fence can also be manipulated in certain ways such as including curvature outward at the top of the fence to make scaling it much more difficult for most.” Some critics, including Washington DC congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, have warned against excessive fortification, but the report argues: “We recognise all the competing considerations that may go into questions regarding the fence, but believe that protection of the President and the White House must be the higher priority.” “Every additional second of response time provided by a fence that is more difficult to climb makes a material difference in ensuring the President’s safety and protecting the symbol that is the White House.” The panel also urges that a new head of secret service, to replace ousted head Julia Pierson, be brought in from outside the agency, ensuring it is better staffed and trained in future.
(11) He has spoken at least twice by telephone to his family and received two foreign delegations.
(12) Several studies found that these services were less remunerative than other services and recommended that dentists delegate these functions when possible.
(13) However, the Iowa Democratic party decided to shift one delegate from Sanders to Clinton on the night and did not notify precinct secretary J Pablo Silva that they had done so.
(14) Most significantly, it has delegated too much to the Bank of England, which next year will for the first time have a governor appointed for an eight-year term, into a very powerful unelected role," Barker said.
(15) On Thursday, delegates from the G77 bloc of developing countries walked out of negotiations on a green economy until commitments on "means of implementation" were made.
(16) This would probably end in an ugly fight on the floor of the convention where delegates (almost of whom are selected in a process separate from the actual primary ) are free to vote on the rules however they want.
(17) Read more The agreement earned a mixed initial reception, with the UN hailing a “bold” and “groundbreaking” outcome even as other delegates complained of “a terrible precedent” and lack of moral leadership.
(18) The majority of EU delegations are willing to make a compromise on an apology, but some are still unable to accept this."
(19) It’s time to count real delegates, not measure some notional concept of momentum.
(20) One delegate raises the point, meanwhile, that women in senior roles don't support other more junior women.
Trustee
Definition:
(n.) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
(v. t.) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
(v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Also, it is often the case that trustees or senior leadership are in said positions because they have personal relationships with the founder.
(2) A teaching union has questioned appointment of a trustee of Britain's largest academy chain group as chairman of the schools regulator Ofsted , in what was a surprise announcement meant to calm some of the internal conflicts within the coalition.
(3) It is essential that charities integrate new trustees well from day one – and the process must not be rushed.
(4) Our board of trustees already involves [the ice hockey player] Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole, and we are now negotiating with [the boxer] Roy Jones Jr, who recently received Russian citizenship.” It is clear that Shatov is an achiever more than than a dreamer – a down-to-earth character who will never forget where he came from.
(5) I've just run a seminar at the BOND conference about an hour ago reminding people what the roles and responsibilities of being a trustee are.
(6) Unfortunately, a provision in the deal ensures that Sterling’s estranged wife Shelly, current trustee of the Sterling Family Trust, will remain associated with the team as its “owner emeritus and No1 fan”.
(7) Mind speaks for a diverse community and aims to reflect this in its board of trustees, half of whom must have direct experience of mental health problems.
(8) So if some trustees feel that increased demands on their time will be too burdensome, it best to leave the field open to others.
(9) In addition, BBC executives and trustees were summoned by parliamentary committees more than once a month.
(10) The Board of Trustees concludes that judicial intervention rarely is appropriate when a pregnant woman makes an informed refusal of treatment.
(11) I turned to one of the trustees and said 'We've made a computer company'.
(12) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Updated at 4.14pm BST 4.03pm BST BBC Trustee Anthony Fry explains what he said earlier about being told to "get back in my box".
(13) But, I worry that my views will alienate our trustees, staff, volunteers and donors.
(14) Trustees raised concerns about conditions attached to the inflation link, which was designed to mitigate the more than £700m cost of making the BBC fund free TV licences for the over-75s, minutes from a Trust meeting on 6 July, the day the government unveiled its settlement for the future of BBC funding , reveal.
(15) That morning he had given a cooking demonstration at a local farmers' market, of which he is a trustee.
(16) The trustees also said that the two parties should not have been involved in the negotiations because it was at Thompson's discretion not to include them in the debate at all.
(17) We are obviously very concerned about the wellbeing of the fund, which is heavily invested in energy stocks worldwide,” said Pete Grannis, New York State deputy comptroller, whose office is the sole trustee of the fund, which has one million members.
(18) Asked about another company, in which Firtash's shareholding was hidden behind a trustee, he said: "Mr Firtash at that time did not want to be a public figure."
(19) Bletchley Park was once one of the most secret places in Britain, but now its trustees hope to name and honour every person who worked at the code-breaking centre and reputedly helped shorten the course of the second world war.
(20) Chris Martin, chairman of the trustees of the BHS pension scheme, said: “Our focus is on clear communications with the members.