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Word entry · 5 letters

proxy

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"stand-in"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɒk.si/Part of speech nounSorted oprxyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.

Used in a sentence

  • a proxy indicator
  • a proxy measurement
  • Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.

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