n.
1.a document giving an official instruction or command
2.a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves
3.the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory mandate v.
1.assign under a mandate
2.make mandatory
3.assign authority to
Idiom of the Day
out cold
to be unconscious, to have fainted
The patient was out cold when the nurse went to check on him.