proxy

About 3.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

   a proxy indicator

2. noun An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
3. noun The authority to act for another, especially when written.
4. noun The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
5. noun A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another.
6. noun An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
7. noun A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
8. verb To serve as a proxy for.

Similar words

deputy procurator subordinate low-level acting delegate nominee agent attorney client

Often followed by

for server statement to is and servers of rules

Word family

proxies