| 单词 | mandate |
| 释义 | mandate mandate noun, verb
■ noun // [C]
BANK MANDATE
1 (formal) an official order and instruction given to sb to perform a particular task: Her mandate is to help the company perform at its peak. The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque. The mandate for the foundation is to fund innovative projects. The organization's prime mandate is to maintain price stability.
2 a document that gives a bank or sb else the power to deal with your account: Your new bank will ask you to sign a mandate enabling them to act on your behalf.
3 (Law ) (especially AmE) = MANDAMUS: The mandate taking the case to the trial court will be issued seven days from Friday.
■ verb /; / (formal) (often be mandated)
1 [+ obj or no obj] to order sb to do sth, to behave or vote in a particular way; to order that sth should happen in a particular way: The number of days' vacation is not mandated by law. The law mandates that imported goods be identified as such.
2 to give sb, especially a government or a committee, the authority to do sth: The committee was mandated to draft a constitution. |
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