'Proxy' definitions:
Definition of 'proxy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy, placeholder, procurator]
noun
A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
Definition of 'Proxy'
From: GCIDE
- Proxy \Prox"y\, n.; pl. Proxies. [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
- 1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. [1913 Webster]
- I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. [1913 Webster]
- Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Eng. Law) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Eccl.) See Procuration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Proxy'
From: GCIDE
- Proxy \Prox"y\, v. i. To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'proxy'
From: GCIDE
- Procuration \Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F. procuration. See Procure.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of procuring; procurement. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The management of another's affairs. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy. [1913 Webster]
- Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proxy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absentee ballot,
- advocate,
- agency,
- agent,
- agentship,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- assignee,
- assignment,
- attorney,
- Australian ballot,
- authority,
- authorization,
- aye,
- backup,
- backup man,
- ballot,
- ballot-box stuffer,
- balloter,
- blanket ballot,
- brevet,
- canvass,
- canvassing,
- care,
- casting vote,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- charge,
- commission,
- commissioning,
- commitment,
- comparison,
- consignment,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- counting heads,
- cumulative voting,
- cure,
- deciding vote,
- delegate,
- delegated authority,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- deputy,
- devolution,
- devolvement,
- division,
- double,
- dummy,
- elector,
- embassy,
- empowerment,
- enfranchisement,
- entrusting,
- entrustment,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- errand,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- executorship,
- exequatur,
- exponent,
- factor,
- factorship,
- fagot vote,
- fake,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- floater,
- franchise,
- fraudulent voter,
- full power,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- graveyard vote,
- hand vote,
- Hare system,
- imitation,
- Indiana ballot,
- jurisdiction,
- legation,
- license,
- lieutenancy,
- lieutenant,
- list system,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- long ballot,
- makeshift,
- mandate,
- Massachusetts ballot,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mission,
- mock,
- nay,
- next best thing,
- no,
- nonpartisan ballot,
- nontransferable vote,
- office,
- office-block ballot,
- paranymph,
- party emblem,
- party-column ballot,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- plebiscite,
- plebiscitum,
- plenipotentiary power,
- plumper,
- plural vote,
- poll,
- polling,
- power of attorney,
- power to act,
- preferential voting,
- procuration,
- procurator,
- proportional representation,
- provisional,
- purview,
- record vote,
- referendum,
- regency,
- regentship,
- registered voter,
- relief,
- repeater,
- replacement,
- representation,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- responsibility,
- right to vote,
- ringer,
- rising vote,
- sample ballot,
- say,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- secret ballot,
- short ballot,
- show of hands,
- sign,
- single vote,
- slate,
- snap vote,
- spare,
- spares,
- split ticket,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- straight ticket,
- straw vote,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- suffrage,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- task,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- ticket,
- token,
- transferable vote,
- trust,
- trusteeship,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vicarious,
- vicarious authority,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- viva voce,
- voice,
- voice vote,
- vote,
- voter,
- voting,
- voting right,
- warrant,
- write-in,
- write-in vote,
- yea,
- yeas and nays,
- yes