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proxy

prox·y [ próksee ] (plural prox·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. authorized capacity of substitute: the function or power of somebody authorized to act for another person

2. substitute: somebody authorized to act for another person

3. authorization document for stand-in: a document authorizing somebody to act for another person

4. law stock exchange document authorizing vote on another's stock: a document authorizing somebody to vote on matters of corporate stock on behalf of somebody else

[15th century. < medieval Latin procuratia, alteration of Latin procuratio "care, management" < procurare (see procure)]
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