Mandate definition and meaning

Mandate definition: If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word forms:


mandates


,


mandating


,


mandated


1.


countable noun

If a government or other elected body has a

mandate

to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out
as a result of winning an election or vote.


The president and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate
for continued economic reform.


2.


countable noun

If someone is given a

mandate

to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to
do it.


How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?


3.


countable noun

You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country’s leader or government remains
in office as their

mandate

.



[

formal

]


…his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends.


4.


transitive verb



[

usu passive

]

When someone

is mandated


to

carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do
it.



[

formal

]


He’d been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce
a ceasefire.


5.


transitive verb

To

mandate

something means to make it mandatory.



[

US

]


The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%.


Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French
schools.


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