1. behalf

noun. ['bɪˈhæf'] as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); .

Rhymes with Behalf

• unitaf
• sielaff
• carafe
• staph
• staff
• skaff
• scaff
• graph
• graff
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• graeff
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• graef
• giraffe
• fraph
• braff
• assaf
• yaffe
• taffe
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• raff
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• pfaff
• paff
• naff
• laugh
• laff
• haff

How do you pronounce behalf?

Pronounce behalf as bɪˈhæf.

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Sentences with behalf

1. Noun, singular or mass
Once the tax debt is satisfied, no further tax is due on behalf of the deceased.

Quotes about behalf

1. I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own.It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.
- David Levithan, Every Day

2. Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

3. Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

2. behalf

noun. ['bɪˈhæf'] for someone's benefit (usually expressed as in behalf' rather thanon behalf' and usually with a possessive).