on someone's behalf

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Take the time to connect with a new hire, make a few calls on someone's behalf, or give a junior associate the feedback he's craving.

Ms. Ruch pointed out that payment of medical or educational expenses on someone's behalf is not considered a gift.

Adam Kidron, from Montclair, N.J., has patented a method of placing a bet on someone's behalf, so the potential winnings could be their gift.

Gifts that can be bought on someone's behalf include the sponsorship of a child for a year ($264), a coat for a child in need ($35) and trees to improve a community ($30).

In general, the literal content of a recommendation matters much less than its existence; declining to speak or write on someone's behalf is the equivalent of saying, "I don't believe this person is particularly talented" or "I don't know enough about this candidate to endorse him or her".

from calamity, to get someone out of prison, to console, to speak on someone's behalf, to further someone's career, to teach and educate someone, to instruct or advise someone.

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would make it a felony for someone to illegally buy a gun on someone else's behalf.

Recognise that no one can lose weight on someone else's behalf, or by being cajoled into it.

The 'Sevco' prefix is a generic company name, often used by organisations which register companies on someone else's behalf.

No one could buy a gun on someone else's behalf because it wouldn't work for anyone but the buyer.

Recent offences committed by members of the bar include maliciously ordering advertising material for sado-masochistic equipment on someone else's behalf, and defrauding two children's charities out of £85,000.