If you depute something to someone, you ask them to do it for you:
Deputation
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The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning
a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate;
vicegerency.
Deputation meaning & definition 1 of Deputation.
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A group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group.
Deputation meaning & definition 2 of Deputation.
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