PREPOSITION: "on behalf of" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "on behalf of" Crossword Answer

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(preposition)
1. In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
(conjunction)
1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
(noun)
1. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affirmative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
BEHALF (noun)
1. as the agent of or on someone’s part (usually expressed as `on behalf of’ rather than `in behalf of’)
2. for someone’s benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf’ rather than `on behalf’ and usually with a possessive)

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