on behalf of
In place of
On behalf of means representing or acting for another person or group: The lawyer spoke on behalf of her client.
It can also mean for the benefit of: The charity auction was held on behalf of disaster victims.
In American English, in behalf of sometimes appears with the "for the benefit" sense, though the distinction has blurred.
On someone's behalf works the same way: Don't worry on my behalf.
- surrogateOne acting for another
- stand in forTemporarily replace someone
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- agentOne who acts independently
in place of · deputizing · mandate · with authority · supporter · interceding · representative · legal representative · advocate · champion · speak for · in the name of · emissary · for · consent · envoy · spokesperson · for the sake of
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- compound prepositionsaccording to, because of, due to, instead of, out of
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via
- substitution wordsinstead of, in lieu of, rather than, replacing, supplanting