power of attorney
/ˌpaʊə(r)əv əˈtɜː(r)niː/
power of attorney noun: the legal authorization of one person to act as the agent of another.
Noun
power of attorney (countable and uncountable, plural powers of attorney)
- The legal authorization of one person to act as the agent of another.
- He confirmed that he had power of attorney.
- A legal document allowing one person to act as the agent of another.
- Here you can apply for a power of attorney.
power of attorney meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
power of attorney in Hindi
- document
- वकालतनामा vakālatnāmā
power of attorney in Tamil
- authorisation
- வக்காலத்து vakkālattu
power of attorney in Urdu
- مختار نامہ
power of attorney in Bengali
- power of attorney
- ওকালতনামা ōkalotnama
More languagesFewer languages
- power of attorney in Telugu
- వకాలతు vakālatu
- power of attorney in Malayalam
- വക്കാലത്ത് vakkālattŭ
- power of attorney in Kannada
- ವಕಾಲತ್ತು ನಾಮೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರ, ಆಧಿಕಾರಪತ್ರ, ಮೊಖ್ತ್ಯಾರನಾಮೆ
- power of attorney in Indonesian
- surat kuasa
- power of attorney in Persian
- وکالت vekâlat
Forms of power of attorney
| plural | powers of attorney |
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Origin of power of attorney
From attorney (“any personal representative”). Attorney now rarely has that sense outside of fixed expressions like this one.
Questions about power of attorney
- What does power of attorney mean?
- Power of attorney means the legal authorization of one person to act as the agent of another.
- What is power of attorney in Hindi?
- Power of attorney in Hindi is वकालतनामा (vakālatnāmā). See Power of attorney meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is power of attorney?
- Power of attorney is a noun.
- How do you pronounce power of attorney?
- Power of attorney is pronounced /ˌpaʊə(r)əv əˈtɜː(r)niː/.
- What is the plural of power of attorney?
- The plural of power of attorney is powers of attorney.
Words near power of attorney in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: power of attorney (page history and authors); power of attorney (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ওকালতনামা (Bengali) (page history and authors); വക്കാലത്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); power of attorney (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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