mandate

man-date · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Official authority or permission to act.

  2. 2.

    An official order or requirement to do something.

  3. 3.

    [as verb]To require or authorize officially.

Forms

plural: mandates

Related words

See also: authorize, order, require
Synonyms: authorization, command, directive

Etymology

From Latin mandatum ("command"), from mandare ("to order"), from manus ("hand") + dare ("to give").