0 the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country: --
[ + to infinitive ] The president secured the Congressional mandate to go to war by three votes.
At the forthcoming elections, the government will be seeking a fresh mandate from the people.
1 the name of an area of land that has been given to a country by the UN, following or as part of a peace agreement --
2 to give official permission for something to happen: --
The UN rush to mandate war totally ruled out any alternatives.
3 to order someone to do something: --
[ + to infinitive ] Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference.
4 authority to act in a particular way given to a government or a person, esp. as a result of a vote or ruling: --
[ + to infinitive ] The president secured a congressional mandate to send troops to Bosnia.
In the paper, we argue that the fact that the government mandates a pension scheme that is not fully funded automatically creates an implicit liability.
Several agencies mentioned in the study now have different tasks and mandates and accordingly have different denominations.
With this law, expensive devices were mandated to be subject to hospital planning.
Thus, the actual oath of office sworn by the new president is a significant constitutionally mandated gateway.
The horse also has a very stiff chest wall that limits the thoracic displacement to ventilation during exercise86 and mandates a proportionally greater diaphragmatic displacement.
On the other hand, the small number of patients in this study population mandates cautious interpretation of the results.
However, his thesis that the mandates ' contributed to an evolution in the culture of colonialism ' in general is rather more difficult to sustain.
Antiemetic prophylaxis was recommended during daily temozolomide exposure, and mandated during the conventional 5-day treatment.
