0 present participle of mandate
1 to give official permission for something to happen:
The UN rush to mandate war totally ruled out any alternatives.
2 to order someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference.
Mandating that anyone who handles the financial affairs of another person must keep adequate records should also be considered.
The dependent variable is coded "1" if a state has an antitrust statute or constitutional provision mandating free competition and "0" if it does not.
These unions, however, largely had ignored earlier pleas by less skilled railroad workers for state laws mandating weekly pay.
For a time, "the laws" mandating segregation of the "characteristic excellences of verse" from those of prose seemed newly weakened and all but overthrown.
A number of countries progressed from internal to external accountability by mandating the publication of school performance results.
Such legal challenges have, in turn, prompted policymakers to leap into the fray with the goal of mandating plan choice.
Finally, we assess the possible results and reactions from mandating choice.
But no one considers, much less proposes banning driving, or mandating tanks.
