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proxy (s) (noun), proxies (pl)
1. A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
2. The function or power of someone who is authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another person.
3. Etymology: from about 1440, prokecye, "agency of one who acts instead of another"; contraction of Anglo-French procuracie, from Middle Latin procuratia, "administration"; from Latin procuratio, "care, management" from procurare, "to manage".
This entry is located in the following units: cura-, cur- (page 4) pro-, por-, pur- (page 14)
proxy (verb), proxies; proxied; proxying
To function as a substitute for another person or thing: Jake went to the fitness studio where he was proxying as a trainer in place of the regular one who was ill.
This entry is located in the following unit: cura-, cur- (page 4)