delegation
n. C / Un. the act of giving part of your work or power to someone else. It can also mean a group of people chosen to represent a larger organization or country.
n. the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person to carry out specific activities. Also refers to a body of representatives or delegates acting on behalf of a larger entity.
Effective delegation allows managers to focus on more important tasks.
The national delegation arrived at the summit ready to negotiate the new trade agreement on behalf of their government.
In software architecture, delegation involves an object passing a request to a subordinate object that performs the task, thereby promoting modularity and reducing direct coupling between components.
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.
Uncountable when referring to the abstract process of assigning tasks; countable when referring to a specific group of representatives.