mandate
noun
• an official order or commission to do something.
• "a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners"
Similar:
instruction,
directive,
direction,
decree,
command,
order,
injunction,
edict,
charge,
commission,
bidding,
warrant,
ruling,
ordinance,
law,
statute,
fiat,
ukase,
pronunciamento,
• the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party or candidate that wins an election.
• "he called an election to seek a mandate for his policies"
mandate
verb
• give (someone) authority to act in a certain way.
• "the rightful king was mandated and sanctioned by God"
• (of territory) be assigned to (another power) under a mandate of the League of Nations.
• "mandated territories"
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin mandatum ‘something commanded’, neuter past participle of mandare, from manus ‘hand’ + dare ‘give’. Sense 2 of the noun has been influenced by French mandat .
