mandate
IPA: mˈændeɪt
noun
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
- (politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
- (Canada) A period during which a government is in power.
- (historical) An order by the League of Nations to a member nation to establish a government responsible for a conquered territory, as the colonies of Germany after World War I.
- (historical) Such a territory.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of man date: a date between two men. [(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.]
verb
- To authorize.
- To make mandatory.
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Examples of "mandate" in Sentences
- The mandate of the foundation is unclear.
- The school mandates freshmen to take the course.
- The mandate of the last Parliament expired in 2006.
- Extension is one of the three mandates of the university.
- Failure to carry out this mandate will redound to misery.
- For the most part, the mandate of the ADIPs is concluding.
- It is also fully mandate and envisages in the constitution.
- His mandate was to determine the scope of alcoholism in Ontario.
- The mandate of the assembly was created by the of the Ontario legislature.
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandated desegregation in public accommodations.
- That Wal Mart has endorsed the employer mandate is a bit surprising but not shocking.
- If you don't have the product then don't bother me with all the LOI, and I hate to hear the term mandate, and all the BS that go with it.
- There seems to be a lot of spin on this issue, as to whether the mandate is a “tax” or not, but word games aside, clearly the individual mandate is a major cost of the program to Americans.
- But (once again), the insurance mandate is permissible even if refusing to buy insurance is not economic activity because the mandate is an essential part of a larger regulatory scheme that would otherwise be undercut.
- Therefore, if the mandate is a direct tax, then to be constitutional, uninsured citizens in a state with a lower percentage of insured would need to pay a higher mandate than citizens of a state with a higher percentage of insured.
- Jeff Norman says: jrose: But (once again), the insurance mandate is permissible even if refusing to buy insurance is not economic activity because the mandate is an essential part of a larger regulatory scheme that would otherwise be undercut.
- If the mandate is a tax/revenue measure, then contrary to assertions I have read at tnr. com, it could be easily removed by a future Rep Congress (and President) through the reconciliation process, ie it would not require 60 votes in the Senate to get rid of it.