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Proxy Latin Means
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the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
the person so authorized; substitute; agent.
a written authorization empowering another person to vote or act for the signer, as at a meeting of stockholders.
an ally or confederate who can be relied upon to speak or act in one's behalf.
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1400–50; late Middle English prokesye, procusie, contraction of procuracy procuration. See procure , -acy
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a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else; agent to vote by proxy
the authority, esp in the form of a document, given to a person to act on behalf of someone else
C15: prokesye, contraction of procuracy, from Latin prōcūrātiō procuration; see procure
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Shareholders in corporations may designate proxies to represent them at stockholders ' meetings and vote their shares .
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You can track it by proxy by looking at organic website traffic growth from target pages.
Many places — including New York City, the country’s largest school district — are using the rate of tests that come back with a positive result as a proxy for the spread of the virus in the community.
It can also be seen as a proxy for how things are faring for the rest of Hong Kong’s financial sector.
Experts generally agree that seizures only represent a fraction of what actually crosses the border, but they can also be a proxy for what is crossing, and tell us a bit about drug prices.
It’s a reverse proxy service that pre-renders and caches your pages.
Hoge joined in, waging a proxy battle against a liberal blogger who accused Walker et al. of being scammers.
People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy .
We did not find any evidence, through both DNS lookups and proxy testing, that any of these URLs are blocked.
Forced C-section debates often skirt or even devolve into a proxy pro-choice/pro-life debate, explains Diaz-Tello.
Afghanistan was basically an instrument of the West in its proxy war against the Soviets.
This resolution went, therefore, to abolish the right of peers to vote by proxy .
He held the rectories of Middle and Whitchurch in Shropshire, but the duties were performed by a proxy .
Edgar had excused her not staying to throw for herself, but the general proxy , the bookseller, had been successful in her name.
I have been spoiled for correspondence by Mr. Lewes's goodness in always writing letters for me where a proxy is admissible.
The suit was still pending in 1427, when the community nominated Jacques d'Arc its authorised proxy , and sent him to Vaucouleurs.
A person authorized to act for another, or the written authorization to act for another.
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± show ▼ used as, or acting as, a proxy
1765–1769 , William Blackstone , Commentaries on the Laws of England , (please specify |book=I to IV) , Oxford, Oxfordshire: [ … ] Clarendon Press , OCLC 65350522 :
I have no man's proxy : I speak only for myself.
( software An interface for a service )
± show ▼ agent or substitute authorized to act for another person
± show ▼ authority to act for another, especially when written
± show ▼ (science) measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
± show ▼ (software) an interface for a service
^ 1859 , Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary
( Brazil ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈpɾɔk.si/ , [ˈpɾɔk.si]
( Portugal ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈpɾɔ.ksi/ , [ˈpɾɔ.ksi]
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
proxy ( third-person singular simple present proxies , present participle proxying , simple past and past participle proxied )
proxy ( definite accusative proxyi , plural proxyler )
Bulgarian: заместващ (bg) ( zamestvašt )
French: par procuration (fr)
Belarusian: прадстаўні́к m ( pradstaŭník ) , прадстаўні́ца f ( pradstaŭníca )
Bulgarian: представи́тел (bg) m ( predstavítel ) , представи́телка f ( predstavítelka ) , пълномо́щник (bg) m ( pǎlnomóštnik ) , пълномо́щница f ( pǎlnomóštnica )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理 (zh) ( dàilǐ )
Czech: zástupce (cs) m , zástupkyně f , prostředník (cs) m , zmocněnec m , zmocněnkyně (cs) f , mandatář m , mandatářka f
Danish: fuldmægtig c , stedfortræder (da) c
Dutch: procuratiehouder (nl) m , gevolmachtigde (nl) m
Esperanto: anstataŭulo
Finnish: asiamies (fi) , valtuutettu (fi) , edustaja (fi)
French: fondé de pouvoir (fr) m
Galician: procurador (gl) m , apoderado m
German: Prokurist (de) m , Stellvertreter (de) m
Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m ( plirexoúsios ) , διαμεσολαβητής (el) m ( diamesolavitís )
Hebrew: שָׁלִיחַ (he) m ( shalíakh )
Hungarian: helyettes (hu) , megbízott (hu)
Icelandic: staðgengill (is) m
Italian: mandatario (it) m
Japanese: 代理 (ja) ( だいり, dairi )
Korean: 대리(代理) (ko) ( daeri )
Latin: vicārius m , vicāria f
Macedonian: претставник m ( pretstavnik ) , претставничка f ( pretstavnička ) , полномошник m ( polnomošnik ) , полномошничка f ( polnomošnička ) , ополномоштеник m ( opolnomoštenik ) , ополномоштеничка f ( opolnomoštenička )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stedfortreder m , fullmektig
Nynorsk: avløysar m , varamann m , vikar m , fullmektig
Occitan: mandatari (oc) m , mandatària (oc) f
Portuguese: procurador (pt) m , procuradora f , testa-de-ferro m or f , laranja (pt) m or f
Russian: представи́тель (ru) m ( predstavítelʹ ) , представи́тельница (ru) f ( predstavítelʹnica ) , уполномо́ченный (ru) m ( upolnomóčennyj ) , уполномо́ченная (ru) f ( upolnomóčennaja ) , пове́ренный (ru) m ( povérennyj ) , пове́ренная (ru) f ( povérennaja ) , дове́ренное лицо́ n ( dovérennoje licó ) , про́кси (ru) m ( próksi ) ( neologism )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре́дста̄внӣк m , пре́дста̄вница f
Roman: prédstāvnīk (sh) m , prédstāvnica (sh) f
Slovak: zástupca m , zástupkyňa f
Slovene: predstavnik m , predstavnica f
Spanish: apoderado (es) m
Swedish: ställföreträdare (sv)
Thai: ตัวแทน (th) ( dtuua-tɛɛn )
Turkish: ihda (tr) , vekil (tr)
Ukrainian: представни́к (uk) m ( predstavnýk ) , представни́ця (uk) f ( predstavnýcja ) , уповнова́жений m ( upovnováženyj ) , уповнова́жена f ( upovnovážena ) , про́ксі m ( próksi ) ( neologism )
Arabic: إِنَابَة (ar) f ( ʾināba ) , اِسْتِنَابَة f ( istināba ) , تَفْوِيض m ( tafwīḍ ) , تَوْكِيل (ar) m ( tawkīl )
Belarusian: паўнамо́цтва n ( paŭnamóctva )
Bulgarian: пълномо́щно (bg) n ( pǎlnomóštno ) , пълномо́щие (bg) n ( pǎlnomóštie )
Czech: plná moc (cs) f , zplnomocnění n , mandát m , zmocnění n
Dutch: procuratie (nl) f
Finnish: valtakirja (fi) , valtuutus (fi)
French: procuration (fr) f
Galician: procuración (gl) m , poder (gl) m , mandato m
German: Prokura (de) f
Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m ( plirexoúsios )
Italian: delega (it) f
Latvian: uzdevums m
Macedonian: полномоштво n ( polnomoštvo )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fullmakt (no) c
Nynorsk: fullmakt f
Occitan: mandat (oc) m , procuracion (oc) f
Polish: pełnomocnictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: procuração (pt) f
Russian: полномо́чие (ru) n ( polnomóčije )
Spanish: mandato (es) m , poder (es) m
Swedish: fullmakt (sv) c
Turkish: yetkili temsilci (tr)
Ukrainian: повнова́ження n ( povnovážennja )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理服務器 , 代理服务器 ( dàilǐ fúwùqì ) , 代理 (zh) ( dàilǐ )
Dutch: proxy (nl) , interface (nl)
Finnish: välityspalvelin (fi) , proxy (fi)
French: proxy (fr) m
German: Proxyserver m
Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (el) m ( diamesolavitís )
Italian: proxy (it) m
Japanese: プロキシ (ja) m ( purokishi ) , プロクシ (ja) m ( purokushi )
Korean: 프록시 ( peuroksi ) , 프록시 서버 ( peuroksi seobeo )
Macedonian: застапник ( zastapnik )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mellomtjener m , proxy m , proxytjener m
Nynorsk: mellomtenar m , proxy m
Occitan: proxy m , proxi m
Polish: pośrednik (pl) m
Portuguese: proxy m
Russian: про́кси-се́рвер (ru) m ( próksi-sérver ) , про́кси (ru) m ( próksi )
Tigrinya: ወኪል ( wäkil )
Turkish: proxy , vekil sunucu
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1
: the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
2 a
: authority or power to act for another
b
: a document giving such authority
specifically
: a power of attorney authorizing a specified person to vote corporate stock
3
: a person authorized to act for another : procurator
Since I wouldn't be available to vote, I nominated him to act as my proxy .
sent a proxy to the meeting to cast his vote for him
Thus, one reason for the correlation between literacy and turnout could be that literacy is acting as a proxy for other factors that influence participation, like lower levels of income or a lack of social capital.
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 12 Sep. 2022
To be sure, Down syndrome is not a good proxy for other forms of genetic disease.
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Laura Hercher, STAT , 27 Aug. 2022
Since the kWh delivered is a proxy for both the emissions avoided and cost savings, the better this ratio, the better the economic and environmental case.
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Matt Stevens, Forbes , 11 Aug. 2022
Unemployment applications are a proxy for layoffs and are often seen as an early indicator of where the job market is headed.
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Paul Wiseman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Aug. 2022
Money is a proxy for risk in Connecticut’s cash bail system.
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Kelan Lyons, Hartford Courant , 31 July 2022
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1
: authority held by one person to act for another (as in voting)
2 a
: a person holding authority to act for another
b
: a written paper giving a person such authority
1
: the act or practice of a person serving as an authorized agent or substitute for another
— used especially in the phrase by proxy
2 a
: authority or power to act for another
b
: a statement or document giving such authorization
specifically
: an oral consent or written document (as a power of attorney) given by a stockholder to a specified person or persons to vote corporate stock
3 a
: a person authorized to act or make decisions for another
appointed a health-care proxy
b
: something serving to replace or substitute for another thing
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Proxy comes from a contracted form of the Middle English word procuracie (meaning “ procuration ”). A proxy may refer to a person who is authorized to act for another or it may designate the function or authority of serving in another’s stead. In the latter sense, it generally is preceded by the word by (“vote by proxy ”).
Proxy has recently taken on meanings in computing, where it is found in such phrases as proxy server , a computer system that facilitates the exchange of data between users on a network.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'proxy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback .
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Middle English proxi, procucie , contraction of procuracie , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin procuratia , alteration of Latin procuratio procuration
“Proxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proxy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2022.
Middle English procucie , contraction of procuracie , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin procuratia , alteration of Latin procuratio appointment of another as one's agent
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