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Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entrust / To delegate: To give someone the authority or responsibility to act on one's behalf.
   • To charge / To commission: To formally ask or appoint someone to perform a specific task or duty.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hội đồng quản trị uỷ quyền cho tổng giám đốc. (The board of directors delegates authority to the CEO.)
  • Cô ấy được uỷ nhiệm ký các văn bản quan trọng. (She is entrusted with signing important documents.)

Advanced Usage

• "uỷ thác": to consign, to entrust (often used in legal or financial contexts).

  • Họ uỷ thác việc quản lý tài sản cho một công ty. (They consign the management of their assets to a company.)

• "uỷ ban": a committee (a group entrusted with a specific function).

  • Uỷ ban nhân dân phường giải quyết vấn đề này. (The local ward committee resolves this issue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Uỷ quyền (v/n): to authorize / authorization; to delegate power.

  • Giám đốc uỷ quyền cho trợ lý trong thời gian nghỉ phép. (The director authorizes his assistant during his leave.)

• Uỷ nhiệm (v): to mandate, to charge with a mission.

  • Tôi được uỷ nhiệm thay mặt đoàn đàm phán. (I am mandated to represent the negotiation delegation.)

Synonyms

• Delegate: To give part of one's power or work to another.
• Entrust: To assign the responsibility for something to someone.
• Commission: To formally give someone a task.

Related Idioms

• Uỷ lạo: (Less common) To entrust with the task of providing consolation or relief.
  • Đoàn từ thiện được uỷ lạo đến vùng bị thiên tai. (The charity delegation was commissioned to provide relief to the disaster area.)