Behalf is used in the phrase on behalf of and the rare variant in behalf of, the second used in America English. It can mean either ‘in the interests of’ as in he campaigned on behalf of the poor, or ‘as a representative of’, as in I attended on her behalf. It is increasingly being used to express responsibility for something, as in this was a mistake on behalf of the government, where on the part of is the appropriate phrase. This use is generally considered incorrect and should be avoided in writing.
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