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behalves

behalves is the plural of behalf.

Meaning of behalf

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

Questions about behalves

What is behalves the plural of?
Behalves is the plural of behalf.

Words near behalves in the dictionary

  1. behalfe
  2. behalfism
  3. behalfs
  4. behallow
  5. behaloed
  6. behalves
  7. Behan
  8. behanchod
  9. behanchods
  10. behand
  11. behandle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: behalves (page history and authors); behalf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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