Topic: GOVERNMENT
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | mandatum, from mandare 'to give into someone's hand, command', from manus 'hand' + dare 'to give' |
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1 [countable]PG if a government or official has a mandate to make important decisions, they have the authority to make the decisions because they have been elected by the people to do so
2 [countable] an official instruction given to a person or organization, allowing them to do something : 
Matters debated in meetings do not become a mandate automatically.
Matters debated in meetings do not become a mandate automatically.3 [uncountable and countable]PG the power given to one country to govern another country
