delegate

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

A representative at a conference, etc.

An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.

Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates.

A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power.

To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was perceived to delegate effectively. Wayne Mapp, a minister under Key observed he had 'a different style than the traditional style of New Zealand political management. He delegates in the manner of a chief executive, and lets ministers get on with their jobs' (Mapp 2014).

To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.

The war on Covid-19 was delegated to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, a paralysed NHS and scientists publicly feuding over dud data.

(of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.

A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.