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Mandate vs Binding - What's the difference?

mandate | binding |

As verbs the difference between mandate and binding

is that mandate is while binding is .

As an adjective binding is

assigning something that one will be held to.

As a noun binding is

an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

mandate

English

(wikipedia mandate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

    • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory

    • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory

    External links

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    binding

    English

    (wikipedia binding)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
    • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

    • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

    (head)
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