behalfs

Noun

behalf (plural behalves or behalfs)

1. The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
   • She appeared on behalf of the U.N. Secretary General at a conference held in behalf of the world's children.
2. (when adopted by someone else) One's role or rightful place; stead or authority.
   • He was not only my Representative who died on my behalf; He was my Substitute who died in my very stead.1994, J. Sidlow Baxter, Awake, My Heart: Daily Devotional Studies for the Year, →ISBN, page 104