Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“stand-in”5 letters
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