behalf

/bɪhˈæf/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
   “the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child”
2. for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)
   “in your behalf”

Words that rhyme with behalf

• staff
• half
• graph
• calf
• laugh
• paragraph
• autograph
• chaff
• gaff
• lithograph
• photograph
• allograph
• choreograph
• epitaph
• flagstaff
• hectograph
• mimeograph
• spectrograph
• telegraph
• carafe
• gaffe
• giraffe
• monograph
• phonograph
• polygraph
• riffraff
• staph
• assaf
• bickerstaff
• biggerstaff